None of which is to say that every work that contextualizes evil, as evil, should be considered art, for many such works amount to nothing more than a thrill, an amusement, or a distraction. The majority of ‘slasher’ films, for example, belong to this category. And yet they need not be abhorred by Christianity, or, anyway, not sought out and lambasted, even when they are predictable, unoriginal, and clichéd. For in their most elemental movements, and their organizing principles, they tend to echo something of what Christianity teaches about the moral composition of the universe. In other words, they are more or less harmless, until one’s exposure to them, or interest in them, becomes excessive.