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IT
Let me preface this thread by saying that I do not have a television in my home, and I don't watch it on my smaller screens either.
This discussion isn't on the evils of television or Hollywood. I wanted to get that out of the way first.
Today, I happened to see a preview for the upcoming movie IT, based on the novel of the same name by renowned horror author, Stephen King. Now, if you haven't seen the trailer, I'm not advocating that you go search it out. My unintended viewing came via a sponsored ad on Instagram, and after I saw the trailer, I seriously considered deleting my IG account. The trailer, as I'm sure it intended to, scared the ........ out of me. Let me say, I'm not a fan of either Stephen King or the horror industry as a whole, although at one time I was an avid reader. Not being familiar with the story, I quickly read the Wikipedia plot line to get a better understanding of what was going on in the trailer. To summarize the storyline for those less familiar than myself; basically there is this evil entity aptly called IT that is terrorizing a small town in Maine. The evil thing takes on the forms of whatever it's victims fear the most, with it's most popular form being that of a very scary clown. This evil thing terrorizes the town's children every 30 years or so, with many children missing over the town's history.
Now that I've probably given everyone nightmares tonight, I want to pose the question; what is your opinion on whether a christian should partake of the horror genre, in whatever format? It seems to me that a story revolving around a great evil, committing gruesome acts of violence against small children, should most definitely not be in a Christian's library. I look forward to hearing your opinions.
PS, I HATE anything involving zombies, video games, books, movies, shows... nope
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