Frank,
Thanks for the response. Here is a corrected version of what I posted before:
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Everyone thinks this is a horror picture--and it is. But it is much more, I think. It is a commentary on the fact that "good" people (religious or not) find themselves compelled to demonize others based on a real or imaged FRAILTY that they see in the other. Once you demonize the other ("the evil doer") then it is alright to "destroy the demon." The father says, "We're not killing people, we're destroying demons."
"Good" people do it all the time. I do it. You do it, probably. It is so subtle that it makes us invisible just as the father said they would be and just as, in the movie, the surveillance camera was unable to catch Fenton/Adam at the FBI office.
"Good" people are nice fathers of children. They are law enforcement people. They are Presidents of the United States. And, yes, they can even be Popes.
"Good" people pass this demonizing ability on to their children. Not only does the father pass it on to his son Adam, but we see at the end of the movie that Adam's wife is pregnant--a hint that it will be passed on to the next generation.
The real horror of this story is the fact that "good" people can demonize others so that it is alright to destroy the ones they have demonized. And, you don't seem to notice that it is happening. You don't notice, that is, until you are the one who gets demonized because of some FRAILTY of your own.
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