This, Vickers (2012, pp. 63–64) suggests, links the "individual horror" in horror films to wider social issues like communism. Vickers, Adrian (2012). "Sakti Reconsidered: Power and the Disenchantment of the World". In Chua, Liana; Cook, Joanna; Long, Nicholas; Wilson, Lee (eds.). Southeast Asian Perspectives on Power. New York: Routledge. ISBN978-1-136-33717-8.