RT Article
T1 Holy Terror: Confronting Our Fears and Loving Our Movie Monsters
JF Interpretation
VO 74
IS 2
SP 171
OP 182
A1 Detweiler, Craig 1964-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1694484475
AB While the natural world may scare us, more frightening beasts arise when we neglect our calling to care for creation and "play god" via technology. From King Kong, Frankenstein, and Godzilla to recent films like The Babadook, The Shape of Water and Us, the most enduring monsters provoke humility, evoke empathy, and prompt us to love rather than fear. These holy terrors can offer an encounter with what Rudolf Otto famously called the mysterium tremendum.
K1 Rudolf Otto
K1 Cinema
K1 Empathy
K1 Fear
K1 Horror
K1 Humility
K1 Love
K1 Monsters
K1 Technology
DO 10.1177/0020964319896310