I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.
People need revelation, and then they need resolution.
For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.
I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.
In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!'
You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'