The Psychology of Scary Movies

  • Reasons for enjoying or hating scary movies

    Sensation seeking individuals may enjoy scary movies because it will elevate the heart rate and make the body feel...

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  • Reasons we like watching horror films

    Horror films entertain us.  They act as a means to fend off boredom. The horror film is a way of unravelling e...

    Why do we like watching horror films?

  • Why we feel intimidated with abnormal things

    1. Thoughts like "what if there actually are ghosts" create excitement.   Seeking this kind of experiences may b...

    Why do we like watching horror films?

  • Primary factors that make horror films alluring

    Tension  - Generated by suspense, mystery, terror, shock and gore. Relevance  - The horror film may relat...

    Why Do We Like Watching Scary Films?

  • Viewing motivators for horror movies

    Gore watchers typically have low empathy, high sensation seeking, and a strong identification with the killer. Thril...

    Why Do We Like Watching Scary Films?

  • Theories on why we love to watch horror films

    Dr. Carl Jung believed horror films “tapped into primordial archetypes buried deep in our collective subconscious – ...

    Why Do We Like Watching Scary Films?

  • The Horror Movie

    Horror is a genre that has a reputation of being a low, somewhat trashy, titillating genre that appeals to our basest...

    Why Do We Like Horror Movies?

  • For a work to be classified as horror...

    ... it has to have a monster, which has to be threatening in some way. The monster is often otherworldly or violates ...

    Why Do We Like Horror Movies?

  • Enjoying scary movies

    Research has found that willing exposure to that which scares us can provide a counterbalance to life's stresses: I...

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  • Why some people savor scary movies, and others hate them

    The Excitation Transfer Process.  How you feel AFTER the movie.  When watching frightening films, the hea...

    Why Some People Love Horror Movies While Others Hate Them

  • "The beast within"

    This is the most popular theory explaining the genre’s popularity and it argues that an unconscious, repressed part o...

    Why Do We Like Horror Movies?

  • Why People Enjoy Horror

    We consciously disapprove of what the monster is doing, but deep down part of us enjoys seeing the mayhem the monster...

    Why Do We Like Horror Movies?