Munger Road Essay

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The constant darkness that surrounds the main setting. The heavy anticipation of not knowing what’s going to happen next. The sudden silence that consumes the audience's mind with the feeling that something horrific is about to happen. These are just some of the emotions that might be running through your mind as you sit down to watch the 2011 film Munger Road. This movie centers on the idea of one urban myth, which is that several decades ago, a school bus full of kids was traveling down Munger Road when they attempted to cross a pair of train tracks, but the bus was struck by a train, killing every single child on board. The urban myth then goes that is you put baby powder on your back bumper, drive and stop on the train track, and then …show more content…

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Indeed, The urban myth of Munger Road circulates around the myth that the road is still being haunted by the spirits of kids that perished when a train hit their bus. Although the actual story of the tragedy is true based on news source's that had documented the event, there is still the age-old question of whether or not spirits are haunting the tracks on Munger Road. There are many plausible explanations to this idea, from paranormal experts that claim that spirits have been around forever, as they are mentioned from the bible, to Shakespeare plays, to skeptics that believe that there is a barrier that divides the material world from the spiritual world. This is something that will always be debated, and will probably never come to an end. The way that some people feel when they don’t know how the answer to an urban myth, is directly related to how one might feel when they watch the ending to Munger Road. But are urban legends beneficial for us, or are they just plain nonsense? Heather Whipps is an author for livescience.com that has a Diploma of College Studies in Social Sciences, and says urban legends are an important aspect of of popular culture, offering insight into our fears and the state of our society. However, many urban legends often pass between social interaction. Moreover, when people are passing urban legends between each other, they

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