An eerie VR demo from Disney Research demonstrates what humans look like under the influence of machines.

So with that in mind, I’ve since spoken to four of the Sugar Hole puppeteers about what they have learned about human nature since they began talking to people through puppets.

Forget masked slashers like Michael Myers and Jason Vorhees, human killers like Norman Bates and Jigsaw, and supernatural entities like Pennywise and Pazuzu. There’s a group of horror villains ...