Joanne Cantor, PhD, director of the Center for Communication Research at University of Wisconsin, Madison, James B. Weaver III and Glenn Sparks, a professor of communication at Purdue University viaWebMD shared their thoughts on our obsession with horror movies. Cantor says that there is a motivation in our culture for guys to master threatening situations. It goes back to the commencement rites of our tribal ancestors, where the entrance to manhood was associated with destitution. Weaver suggests it is simply a morbid fascination. On the flipside, Cantor conducted several surveys and found that nearly 60% of her patience’s claimed that something they had watched before age 14 had caused disturbances in their sleep or waking life.
So horror movies are awesome, but again, your toddler probably shouldn’t be watching Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers anytime soon.
*Horror Movies Teaches Us To Deal With Our Fears
Many people are afraid of things that they will never experience. You may never have seen a zombie but you would definitely know what to do if you seen one (be afraid, and run like a b**** of course). Our DNA contains a mechanism that makes us fear rottenness and predators, says a Danish researcher. Mathias Clasen, defended his PhD thesis on horror at the Department of Aesthetics and Communication – English, Aarhus University. When we watch a scary movie we’re acting out a desire to exercise our fear response. Even if we haven’t experienced much; movies allow us to live vicariously (to a degree).
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