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Right, I'm mostly agreeing. But I'm just making the point that even the most powerful person around still fears the unknown.
Even if the unknown turns out to not be all that dangerous, later. I guess "powerlessness against the inevitable mechanisms of fate" is still powerlessness.
Fear of death, well, that's largely about uncertainty about what comes after, so those with immense faith aren't really afraid of it. What makes the SCP files frightening is usually the implications of the redacted stuff that your brain has to fill in details on, somewhat less about the actual abilities of the thing in question.
There's the fear that comes from the near certainty of what is going to happen, and then futilely trying to avoid it.
Huh. Here's an innovative idea for a horror film: what could scare an omnipotent god?
Yep.
Weapons played with this as well, I loved Josh Brolin's character. And kind of gets to my point. He was a man of action, he didn't believe he was powerless, and they played with that to comedic effect while he was tossing the druggie around. But when your kid is missing, there's a feeling of helplessness there.
Well, like I said, I tend to like films that hide the horror until later. It was definitely a rip-roaring 80's adventure movie for almost half of it.
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