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Enjoying gore films doesn't make a person psychologically unstable or unsound. Violence is an innately human fascination. Some people simply get a rush out of seeing that on film. It doesn't have anything to do with instability or portend that those who enjoy such films are going to become serial killers. People who enjoy gore films and then go on a killing spree (or something related) would have done so anyway. They have problems that go beyond a fascination with violent films. People who indulge in those kinds of films simply for entertainment purposes should not be deemed potential menaces to society. In all honesty, I think occasionally indulging in violent fantasies is healthy.
It boils down to whether or not you think humans can or should try to rise above their animal instincts. We are perfectly capable of carrying on our everyday lives without interference, even if we harbor these innate fantasies. Everybody is fucked up on the inside. Trying to drown that instinct isn't healthy, I don't think.
Furthermore, this doesn't mean that I think that if you don't have a fascination with violence then there's something wrong with you. I, for one, never watch gore films or extreme cinema; I find it uncomfortable and unnecessary. But I have other outlets in my life and other fantasies that I indulge in. I deal with the issue of violence in other ways, such as writing about it (I wrote a song called Straw Dogs, based on the film with Dustin Hoffman, that is a very violent piece of cinema; the song is my own personal fantasy about violence).
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