Time of Monsters

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” The critic and novelist Namwali Serpell told me that the quotation appeals to her in this moment, even though Žižek’s translation is slightly unfaithful to the original. The phrase “now is the time of monsters,” Serpell said, “allows us to think about the... See more

Watching horror allows us to also explore morbid curiosities, again all while knowing nothing is actually at stake. Secure examination. We can overcome and master our fears. Pushing our emotional limits and exploring dark matters ultimately provides us a sense of twisted, adventurous accomplishment. Horror content is ironically therapeutic.