Why do we watch scary film + Fears

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WHY DO WE WATCH SCARY FILM


FOR A PHYSICAL RESPONSE?

  NEED EMOTIONAL STIMULUS?

TEST YOURSELF - SATISFACTION?


GLENN D WALTERS

What makes a film scary?
  1. Tension - Skill of the filmmaker
  2. Relevance - Universal Societal Personal Subgroup
  3. Unrealism - We know it isn't real

ARISTOTLE

Believed in CATHARSIS

We are attracted to violence and what scares us in order to purge negative emotions

EXCITATION TRANSFER THEORY - ZOLF ZOLLMAN

Negative feelings gained from watching scary imagery INTENSIFY the positive feeling gained when good triumphs. 






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