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Dorothy Woodend, AlterNet:
"Ten thousand years ago years ago Stone Age people painted half-human/half-animal monsters on cave walls. Flash forward 100 centuries and filmmakers continue to scare the pants off viewers with images of gore and ghouls. But in the last five years the general audience's appetite for terror has increased exponentially.
"In 2003 alone, some 300 horror flicks worldwide were released in theatres or re-released on DVD or video, including 'House of the Dead' from Germany's Uwe Boll, Briton Danny Boyle's apocalyptic thriller '28 Days Later' and a litany of Hollywood-style offerings ('Darkness Falls' and 'The Order'). When real life for many is scarier than anything on the silver screen, why is the lust for fear universal?"
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Dorothy Woodend, AlterNet:
"Ten thousand years ago years ago Stone Age people painted half-human/half-animal monsters on cave walls. Flash forward 100 centuries and filmmakers continue to scare the pants off viewers with images of gore and ghouls. But in the last five years the general audience's appetite for terror has increased exponentially.
"In 2003 alone, some 300 horror flicks worldwide were released in theatres or re-released on DVD or video, including 'House of the Dead' from Germany's Uwe Boll, Briton Danny Boyle's apocalyptic thriller '28 Days Later' and a litany of Hollywood-style offerings ('Darkness Falls' and 'The Order'). When real life for many is scarier than anything on the silver screen, why is the lust for fear universal?"
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