Patrick Faus

Orthodox Christian, Husband, Father, Working for The Children’s Tradition

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@akerncirce Congrats!

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@erikmts123 Agreed! The trailer at the earliest could be around Cinema Con. However, most likely it will be July.

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@BlackMajikMan90 One of my favorite films of all time.

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@mattsontomlin That background looks similar to the opening of The Batman.

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@ErickWeber Love the Notre Dame gear you have!

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@DylanJoker77 @pattinsonphotos Yes!

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@pattinsonphotos Here is the info:

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@expiredmatcha I read it. It simply adds the part about Steven Soderbergh coming to finish the final 6 weeks of principal photography.

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@CultivatedBooks My vote is for Frankenstein.

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Two clear issues with this clip.

She misses horror’s tragic essence. The horror story doesn’t necessarily glorify darkness, when at its proper, it confronts us with evil, suffering, and mortality, deepening our understanding of the human plight. This cultivates fortitude in combating the evil or warns us against man’s undoing when choosing the evil.

Her rhetorical approach is dogmatic, not explorational. Rather than asking what horror reveals about human nature, she begins with a verdict. Prudence requires consideration with our engagement of stories, of course, but her posture here disqualifies any type of dialogue to the contrary.

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To your point, there is a difference between depiction and celebration. This is 101 with all art.

Depiction demonstrates the reality of the tragedy, with weight and seriousness.

Celebration in horror strives to create shock by finding new ways to mutate the human condition. The Saw movies are a clear example of this.

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@RachelToRome Exactly! By this logic you can’t engage the Bible. She needs to reconsider this take. It’s terribly shallow.

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She’s worth following! One of my favorites on here.

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Only 4 more followers to reach 4k. Give a girl a share!

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@andrewjohnhuff It’s incredibly Christian!

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Of course there are many horror films that we should abstain from in the spirit of rejecting the celebration of the mutated. As we should in any genre that endorses an upside view of reality.

Something to consider, at its core, horror is a form of tragedy. It centers on the presence of evil, the corruption of what is good, the violation of the natural order, and often the downfall of the human person.

The question is not simply whether a film depicts darkness, but whether it invites us to weigh evil with moral seriousness or to delight in it as entertainment. There is a profound difference between confronting darkness to understand the gravity of evil and celebrating darkness for its own sake.

Yes, as Dostoevsky said, “Beauty will save the world” However, sometimes a soul requires tragedy first to awaken its sensibilities to the poisons of vice. Then the beauty of virtue becomes more clear.

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I don’t understand why this is controversial. This is just common sense.

Horror films typically are glorifying darkness and the demonic. Of course we should not be a fan of that.

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@BlackMajikMan90 Titanic is phenomenal! I won’t apologize about it either.

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@IrishHawk824 @BBGreatMoments Dude was a beast!

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@Batmanv132 @Shauner2027 These are interesting points to consider. I really think this partnership could be something that works rather seamlessly.

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@TheInSneider Well said!

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@RichardOcelot That was much of the rhetoric I saw. Encouraged though to see more reasonable takes.