Horror genre and politics.

[Associate Justice PiT]

The main theme of (slasher) horror movies is that if you have pre-marital sex, you will die.  Sounds right wing to me

     I was about to say this. Slasher flicks are morally very traditionalist. Still, horror films in general tend to paint strangers as unseemly if not outright dangerous, which seems to fit into a more conservative worldview. On the other hand, the police are typically portrayed as being useless, which might be more liberal.

[Associate Justice PiT]

The main theme of (slasher) horror movies is that if you have pre-marital sex, you will die.  Sounds right wing to me

     I was about to say this. Slasher flicks are morally very traditionalist. Still, horror films in general tend to paint strangers as unseemly if not outright dangerous, which seems to fit into a more conservative worldview. On the other hand, the police are typically portrayed as being useless, which might be more liberal.

No, that's ultraconservative too. The government are inept but well meaning at best. The only way that you can deal with the hostile intruder in your house is with that loaded sawed off in your pickup or closet, and even that might not do the trick!

     Yeah, you're right. Skepticism of the police could be either liberal or far-right conservative, but the alternative solutions that horror movies suggest would put them more in line with the latter group.