Classic Movies It's OK To Hate

The people at The Onion do a great job of thinking up interesting topics of lists. I am glad I am not the only person who does not worship "The Shawshank Redemption".

I would like to add a note about "The Exorcist" regarding the"Where's the subtext?" comment. Dude, get your head out of your ass. Stephen King nailed the subtext in his essay on this movie in his non-fiction book on horror and pop culture "Danse Macabre" (the book is a Beukey "get"). King states that during the social upheaveal of the 60's-70's, parents thought their kids were becoming monsters, "The Exorcist" (the movie) takes this theme to a literal extreme.

You could write a doctorial thesis on the various interpretations of "The Exorcist" (as a book, as a movie, and the differences between the two). However, the best horror movies are explorations of a society's fear at a certain time. Because of this, most horror movies don't age well, and what one generation finds horrifying, another generation finds hilarious. It is hard today to watch "The Exorcist" with all its over-the-top head spinning, cursing, and vomiting and not find it all somewhat silly.