Action movies, fantasy movies and controlled stress
Nt was found that people enjoy stressful situations when they are completely in control of them and when they are in the same time short lived.
Why you think some people enjoy the roller coaster ride?
Its because people get short term excitement, or in other words short term stress, that fulfills the two conditions. First its controlled because the person knows that he is safe, secondly its short lived because the person knows that the ride will end in few minutes.ow back to movies, the same thing happens exactly while you are watching an action movie. You get stressed and excited but in the same time you feel 100% safe. In addition you know that the movie will only last for few hours.