This is not a typical horror movie. It's not really a horror movie at all, in some sense. It is based on some true accounts of a few different serial killers, which is horrific, but the purpose of the movie is not to scar or incite fear. It is rather to tell the story of real evil in a world that wants to fight it and pursue what is good. It's a complex business; living in this tension between good and evil. It is not up to one person to conquer all evil, in fact individuals make small dents in this pursuit, but that should not lead to the cynicism of passivity. As we pursue moral meaning in our lives we will find that evil isn't half as bad as we thought and is twice as hard to overcome as we pursue what is better. In the end we discover that good is in fact better than evil. Why? Because the good life is what humans naturally pursue.
January 12, 2005
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