Do You Like Scary Movies?… Why? Pt. 2
I said in my previous post about this article that I was going to write about the age dynamic as it relates to horror movies, but I decided to choose a sexier topic for today: why do people even watch horror in the first place? The article I am referring to is a terrific article…
Do You Like Scary Movies?… Why? – Pt. 1
There was a fantastic article published in October 2019 by G. Neil Martin titled “(Why) Do You Like Scary Movies? A Review of the Empirical Research on Psychological Response to Horror Films” in the journal Frontiers of Psychology. I’m going to write multiple posts about this one article because it is robust with information about…
Horror Movie Marathon Idea #4 – Giant Monsters
We covered the very tiny, now let’s cover the very large. Unlike the threat of something pint-sized which often falls into camp absurdity, the threat of a monster as big as, or bigger than, a building is a fear everyone can understand and relate to. Not only does there exist the threat of being stepped…
