My latest article at Anorak is a response to Pat Robertson's recent comments that watching horror movies "grants permission" for demons to crash your cars.
It's called "Pat Robertson's Fever Dream - Four Times Horror Movies Met the Devil's Own Rock-and-Roll Music in the 1980s."
Here's a snippet:
JUST last week, the 700 Club’s Pat Robertson spoke
out about the hidden scourge of our modern society: those demons from Hell who
like to crash your car.
Yes, it turns out that devils can cause
really horrible road accidents because — by merely watching horror movies — you
have “granted them permission” to do so.
You know who you are…
This contemporary moral
crusade to educate folks about the dangers of watching horror movies joins Pat
Robertson’s other great moral campaign…against heavy metal or rock-and-roll
music.
In that case, as Mr. Robertson famously
noted, God simply doesn’t want you blow out your ear-drums.
In appreciation of Mr. Robertson’s
commentary, let’s blow out our ear-drums.
The following performances (courtesy
of YouTube) recall four notable occasions in the 1980s when the sinister
forces of darkness aligned, and horror movies and rock music met, with
diabolical results.
And yes, there’s little doubt that some of
these songs come straight from, well….you know where.
Entertaining article John. Long live rock and horror films.
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There's lots of ties from rock/n/roll to the automobile, from many of the dead teenager songs of the 50's, to the hot rod songs of the 60's, to songs like Detroit Rock City in the 70's. And not to mention all the great possessed car movies like Duel, The Wraith, Christine, Killdozer...
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