I just heard a music podcast about #Halloween #songs include a beautiful but deeply disturbing song by Sufjan Stevens about John Wayne Gacy, the child molester and serial killer. My brain said Hell No. I realized I have a list of things that I am willing to consider "Halloween content" and other content that's a No for me. If you feel like sharing yours, or if a popular person wants to make a poll, I'd love that.
Right now I think these are my preferences
OK For Halloween:
- Death of grown-ups
- Already-dead people (including children) as ghosts, zombies, etc.
- Monsters (e.g., vampires, werewolves, mummies...)
- Murder of adults by monsters and vice-versa
- Creepy almost-murder of kids in child-audience horror stories
Not OK For Halloween:
- Child molestation
- Murder of children (although for some reason I'm OK with child ghosts and vampires)
- Torture
- Murder not involving any mystical or spiritual elements
OK For Other People I Guess:
- Non-mystical murder (e.g., slasher flicks, murder ballads)
- Mystical Halloween stuff from a very specific religious point of view (this one is just because my faith transition has given me a complicated relationship with some religious content)