Technological Horror

Recently, while watching t.v., I have noticed an increase in the movies and television shows that revolve around technology, especially the category of horror. Scary movies and shows have begun to sway to adopt technology in a way it never has before, featuring shows like ”Black Mirror” and movies like “Unfriended.” These productions focus on the aspects of what could go wrong with our methods of technology we have now, and some even go as far to focus on a dystopian future where tech has taken over the world.

Before the 21st century, with the exception of “Poltergeist” and little others, horror mainly focused on old ghosts in big, victorian houses that jumped out in order to run you out of their home (quite timeless, I know), but now we can clearly see this old fashioned genre reinvented because of the technological boom. This lead me to contemplate the other ways older industries have adapted as well and marketed off of it, much like the horror industry has. How many other industries have we lost because of their inability to adapt? In what ways did the technological revolution open up a unlimited number of possibilities to older, existing industries that was laying dormant?

- Samantha Boyd