I can't help but notice that today's movies and programs have very
little suspense. What I mean is that the viewer isn't required to
participate in the cinematic effect. They are honestly rendered mind
dead.

One case is "Bate's Motel". We all know the only thing it had to do with
Psycho was the house, the names of the cast and the motel. The
viewer wasn't required to participate. This is much different from a
participant in an Alfred Hitchcock movie. He makes certain that the
viewer participates. He shows us up front that a bomb is hidden and
we want to tell the antagonist. In Bate's Motel we didn't care. There
wasn't any suspense. Hitch let us see what was about to happen.
We were terrified. Bate's Motel was anticipated. There was nothing
left to the imagination. We weren't allowed to think.

Mind you, this is only an example. Why don't directors want us to
think?