Horror provides an imaginative context in which people can play with fear. ... Monsters evolve: A biocultural approach to horror stories. Review of General Psychology, 16(2), 222-229.

Hulu’s new sci-fi horror movie, No One Will Save You, has just two sentences of dialogue over 93 minutes of run time.But it’s not a quiet film. Floors groan, feet thud, characters shriek, and ...

Horror films can be so scary because they're able to bypass our knowledge that we're watching something and trigger a real fear reaction. Neuroscientists have started studying people when they ...

Fear is an important universal negative emotion. The increase in heart rate and blood pressure that happens when you are afraid can save your life by helping you run away ...

Halloween is here and that means all the frights. As it turns out, many of us love to be in a state of panic. We like being scared and this is not a new phenomenon. As a culture, we seem to be ...

Ways horror games use psychology to scare the crap out of us. Features. By Zach Betka published 30 October 2013 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The 1973 horror film "The Exorcist" was so scary that audiences left the theater up and out — throwing up and passing out, that is. The same cannot be said of a horror movie released in 1984 ...

Haunted houses, horror movies, jump scares—we say we hate fear, but we keep coming back for more. This video dives into the science of why being scared actually feels good. From brain chemistry to ...

Much like Zau, Dead Take is a self-reflective experience for Surgent Studios founder Abubakar Salim.

On the face of it, this is peculiar. Horror movies are, as the name suggests, designed to evoke negative emotions in viewers—fear, dread, anxiety, horror, and disgust.Why would anybody in their ...