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What makes people so afraid of According to Freud “we enjoy fear
Fear can be exciting for some scary movies when they know that because it allows are unconscious
people they get a certain high from their fake and on a screen? fears and desires an outlet.”
the scare.
Horror movies cause something
Fear can cripple people Why do movies follow patterns and called the cathartic effect.
have similar character types? Catharsis is caused by releasing
Horror movies follow certain strong emotions.
patterns
Why did stephen king create so Horror is defined by
They have similar character types many horror stories, how did he fascination(irresistibly drawn to
get into the business? something), dread( anticipate
Fear can change people depending something with great fear) and
on how deeply it effects them immaterial(something that does
not consist of matter). S. Freud.
Freud's unconscious mind theory. Why do people enjoy watching
ID other people get brutally murdered Stephen king is afraid that
EGO on TV is because they know it's not something under his bed will grab
SUPEREGO real, could they stand to see that in his ankle if he sticks his leg out
real life? from the covers at night, even
Horror movies grant some kind of though he knows that the thing
satisfaction to the viewer. under his bed isn’t real.

They build a sense of anticipation Fear makes us blind.and we fear

and excitement. lots of things.

Fear is a physical sensation. Fear

activates a part of the brain called
the amygdala which stimulates
other parts of the brain that then
cause you to jump.(jump scare)

Answer to Q1
One part of the brain knows your
not at risk but the other part thinks
your running the risk

Horror movies aren’t that different

the porn.