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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lastly, horror entrainment may help us (safely) satisfy our curiosity about the dark side of human psyche. ... Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Psychological Science.

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.

Well, I've been thinking/wondering about this for a while now, and I thought I'd just post a thread in the lounge about it. This is not intended as an attack of any sorts--more just the result of ...

The psychology of gore: Why do we like graphic blood and guts in our entertainment? ... Carrie White, played by Sissy Spacek, stares in shock in Brian De Palma's horror film 'Carrie', 1976.

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 ...