Why do we love to watch scary horror films? Some psychologists claim people go to horror films because they want to be frightened or they wouldn't do it twice. You choose your entertainment because you want it to affect you. But what else does the literature tell us about the psychology of horror movies?
Gore watchers typically have low empathy, high sensation seeking, and a strong identification with the killer.
Thrill watchers typically have both high empathy and sensation seeking;they identify themselves more with the victims and like the suspense of the film.
Independent watchers typically have a high empathy for the victim along with a high positive effect for overcoming fear.
Problem watchers typically have high empathy for the victim but are characterized by negative effect (particularly a sense of helplessness).
Dr. Carl Jung believed horror films “tapped into primordial archetypes buried deep in our collective subconscious – images like shadow and mother play important role in the horror genre”.
Horror films are watched as a way of purging negative emotions and/or as a way to relieve pent-up aggression.
Horror movies are enjoyed because the people on screen getting killed deserve it.
Cultural historian David Skal has argued that horror films simply reflect our societal fears.
As countless people head to theaters to see Michael Myers terrorize Laurie Strode in the eleventh installment of the Halloween series-or load up the DVD player with classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Psycho, and Silence of the Lambs, it's worth considering that horror movies aren't just a highlight of the month of October.
Horror is a genre that has a reputation of being a low, somewhat trashy, titillating genre that appeals to our basest instincts. "Its also a wonderful, popular art form through which...
... it has to have a monster, which has to be threatening in some way. The monster is often otherworldly or violates the laws of nature, as in Alien or Jaws—but some argue that a human character can be a monster, as in Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and Halloween.
The monster generally is otherworldly or violates the laws of nature and is designed to elicit disgust as an emotion.
This is the most popular theory explaining the genre’s popularity and it argues that an unconscious, repressed part of every human is actually savage; that the veneer of civility is very thin, and beneath that is essentially a monster.
Although we consciously disapprove of what the monster is doing, deep down part of us enjoys seeing the murder and mayhem the monster unleashes—because if we could, we would do that.
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