Written by John Edward Betancourt Jeffrey Reddick in Season 2 of ‘Horror’s Greatest’. (Photo Courtesy of Shudder.)
Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 202 of ‘Horror’s Greatest’. To revisit the Season Two Premiere, click here.
One the best aspects of the horror genre, is the sheer fact that it can take anything from our regular world and turn it into a scary story. For example, the movie, Thankskilling. A saucy horror-comedy that resolves around a Thanksgiving turkey eager to turn the tables and the blades on people. Something only horror could make happen, and it doesn’t end there. Since we’ve seen killer ice cream men stab people with a vanilla cone and believe it or not… this is a genre that can even take romantic concepts and turn them into something scary. For proof, well look no further than this week’s episode of Horror’s Greatest on Shudder. Simply because ‘Killer Dates’ was the focus of this week’s journey through the genre, and the show was eager to showcase the bevy of horror stories revolving around the darkness that can accompany dates and love, in the most creative ways no less. Since stories such as My Bloody Valentine speak to matters of the heart, blood and all, and we’ve seen some unique variations of evil romance stories take place within the genre. Such as what happened to dear Carrie in Carrie, since she was basically baited and switched, romantically, into being the school’s joke, only for that to backfire. But of course, we were also treated to explorations regarding the trauma that love can cause since Terror Train works within that realm and well… that’s really what made this episode so wonderfully special. The fact that it very succinctly broke down how love works so well in the genre. In part, because love creates great fear within us all. Because love is the unknown and it scares the hell out of us to put ourselves out there and really be so vulnerable in order to find it. So, these movies in many ways, express those fears and help us process them. Since there is really little chance a bad date will end with us say… getting sliced and diced a la Audition. So, that helps us to cope a bit, and these films also help us process another fear regarding love. In that, we are terrified of being rejected. Of having that special someone humiliate us and harm us emotionally by not wanting us or perhaps falling out of love with us. And these movies ponder upon that as well. Since they do indeed express the shame, we feel when embarrassed and the terror of rejection. All so that we understand… that’s just part of life, and we have to go through that to grow and such pain will help us to find our real partner and if we cannot handle and understand all that… well then, we end up like the monsters that don’t get over it. Making some of these stories cautionary tales if you will, impactful ones for certain and these examinations made… for one engaging tale. One that truly, went far deeper than other episodes from this series. Which isn’t an insult by any means, since we’ve established that this show is about education and introduction. But here, it was all about the learning and the wonder of these movies and that’s just fine. Because in a way, that does accomplish the core goals of this series. Since it helps the horror lover learn about a subgenre that is impactful and fun, and the newcomers get to understand how deep horror can go and how well it helps us to face our fears and hopefully… we see a few more episodes in this vein in season two. Because it was just riveting from start to finish since it truly showcased horror’s wonder. Until next time. Watch ‘Horror’s Greatest’
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