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Danielle Andrea is America’s ‘scream queen’, a reputation she acquired for her roles in various horror films, four of these in the ‘Halloween’ series. Still immersed in ‘slasher’ movies, she recently took over the role of Marybeth Dunston in the ‘Hatchet’ series, for ‘Hatchet II’ (2010) and ‘Hatchet III’ (2013).

A “slasher” is autonomy’s fiercest enemy. He doesn’t care about boundaries and he doesn’t fear punishment for violating them. He simply catches us at our most vulnerable, and then kills us in a most personal way. There’s little cowardice involved in the process. Planting a car bomb and watching from a safe distance holds no appeal; this character is hooked on intimacy and wants to feel you die.

I always admired “Psycho” as a superior horror movie and I saw “Carrie” in the mid 70’s, but generally speaking, the genre leaves me unfazed. My youngest daughter, on the other hand, simply loves them. Of course, they can make me jump out of my skin, but I can’t be bothered to waste two hours enduring such reactive emotions.