Matt Page- Sex and Horror

So when I actually do read a book it is usually a suspense or horror novel and it is usually related to a movie so I can compare the two. From taking this class and developing the instinct of actually analyzing my reading and movies instead of simply reading and watching them, I got to thinking how sex has recently developed into horror films. One of the basic principles of horror is to take something that everyone is familiar with, and to exploit any worries about that idea, ideal, or action. There is a strong psychological reason behind the presence of sex in horror films. Most people try to keep the scary aspects of sex in the back of their mind as much as possible. Most people try not to think of all of the dangers that could possibly happen during sex. In horror films, people take down any conscience guards that they may have to the dangers of sex. More often then not, it is teenagers that are disregarding the warnings that have been put on them by their parents about sex. This is when a killer will strike. People are most vulnerable when they are having sex. Many times, hormones take complete control, and we set ourselves up for anything to happen. In the case of horror films, the people that are having sex are oblivious to the world around them. This gives extra time for the killer or monster to sneak up on them and to kill them. The number of sexual deaths in horror films has increased in number in many of the films over the last decade. This in a way may symbolize the increase of the amount of people that have become infected by sexually transmitted diseases over the last ten years.