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scarletwoman

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5. I totally agree with you about tarnishing the psyche by reading that kind of sick stuff.

Reply to Chemisse (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 21, 2014, 05:58 PM

Aug 2014

I won't watch slasher movies, either. I don't want those images in my consciousness. I have no interest in gore and sadism as "entertainment".

People do commit horrific acts in real life, of course. But I highly doubt that the psycho serial killer type as imagined by certain novelists is at all common.

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I am thoroughly fed up with psycho serial killers as a plot device. [View all] scarletwoman Aug 2014 OP

I know what you mean. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #1

Thank you. I think the psycho serial killer trope is a cop-out. (so to speak) scarletwoman Aug 2014 #2

I've stopped reading these because they are creepy and disgusting. Chemisse Aug 2014 #3

I totally agree with you about tarnishing the psyche by reading that kind of sick stuff. scarletwoman Aug 2014 #5

I dislike it very much as well libodem Aug 2014 #4

"Done to death" - perfect! scarletwoman Aug 2014 #6

Exactly shenmue Aug 2014 #7

I know what you mean - I find this is true in films, too. closeupready Sep 2014 #8