The U.S seems to have a huge interest in horror and the occult. It's usually seen as a means of entertainment through film, music, literature, and television. Many authors and producers capitalize on our obsession, just so proving the fact.

   The 80's brought a wave of punk music, the movement was very anti authority. One of the staple bands of this era were The Misfits. Perhaps one of the reasons they were one of the bands that left a legacy among the many was because of the subject matter of the songs, from infanticide to just general horror. They were under the sub-genre horror punk with good reason. Their image and subject matter influenced incoming bands.

   The ouija board dawned as early as the late 19th century. It came from the cultural phenomenon of spiritualism, the belief that we could talk to the dead. Even in early America we had a interest in taboo subjects, it's weird when looking in retrospect, how this was advertised as a game during that time, and now it seems as if we're opening the underworld.

   As Americans we ask ourselves if this is a bad thing, in reality, it's just what defines us as being inhabitants of the U.S, just like other countries have their own set culture and beliefs. That's all it is, American culture. It's evident from the Salem Witch trials all the way to horror television shows and films.