October 13, 2004 | Acton Commentary Scary Movie: Hollywood Humanizes the Despot by Bruce Edward Walker Che Guevara is commonly used in dorm room decor. As Halloween approaches, Hollywood is set to release a spate of movies designed to frighten moviegoers with the usual seasonal fare of vampires, werewolves, and zombies. But critical accolades are also being paid to another type of horror film, one that shows the allure of destructive economic and political ideologies championed by charismatic personalities. These new films look at a Nazism and Communism that, under the guise of bringing economic salvation, unleashed some of...