In the no-duh department, the upcoming film The Apparition slips into the realm of belief as what empowers supernatural entities . . . essentially, if you believe in the big bad thyng then it can kill you.
We’ve seen this sort of thing before, done well and done not so well, but those of us who are hypnotists or intriguiged by social influence will still enjoy some aspects of the beastie. Here’s the trailer:
As I often tell my students when introducing a particularly frightening bit of science fiction or horror dealing with ghosties . . . “People sometimes ask me if I can hypnotize them to see ghosts. I tell them ‘yes, I can hypnotize you so you believe you see ghosts’ . . . listen for the key word in that sentence.”
The real question is, “do you really want me to?”
– Brian
