Analysis Quote by Roger Ebert

“Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye, who approached literature with similar archetypal analysis.”

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It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.

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