The Horror: Scary History when Government Goes Wild
Well, my title overstates it, but I loved this quote from Benito’s Wine Reviews that popped up in my daily google book review search. It’s the first two paragraphs of Benito’s review of a history of the 1920′s era of wine making during prohibition. The book itself sounds very interesting, but I loved his first two paragraphs:
Book Review: When the Rivers Ran Red
When I was a child, Mom had a strict rule against horror movies. It wasn’t a religious thing, or an attempt to prevent my brother and me from being scared, she just pointed out that they were stupid and fake. In my teenage and young adult years, when I finally got around to seeing things like Nightmare on Elm Street, I was bored out of my mind. When I saw The Blair Witch Project, I thought, “Geez, there was no projectile vomiting, venomous snakes, hypothermia, lightning strikes, and nobody got stranded in the desert for several hours. I did scarier camping when I was 12.”
But if you want real terror, the kind that keeps you up at night and pesters you like an itch inside your skull that can’t be scratched, read some history.
Tags: History
