Discussion on Noel Carroll's account of the monster and its role in horror films.

Although Carroll himself admits that horror film audiences are attracted primarily by the narrative elements of the films they consume, and not by the slimy, distasteful monster that in fact is the defining feature of the genre, he still emphasizes that a film must depict the behavior of at least one monster to provoke horror. Besides, the monster must be perceived by audiences in the film to be monstrous or abnormal, i.e. to be …

…is a demon or ghost something like that. But upon the ending of the story, the film explained to all so perfectly that everything was going on so logically. Maybe some can argue that the horror generated in Psycho is not provoked by the monster itself, but the technique of suspense. However, anyway, Psycho provided us a counter examples that the monster that provoke horror is not necessarily supernatural, but can be natural and logical.