Enjoying Horror 101

Fear 101:

The blog entry discusses the reasons in which we enjoy watching horror films, shows and books. It lays it that men and women like the for different reasons but in the end it comes back to the human desire to want to see things through. We want to empathize with those in trouble, we want them to survive, and so the lows and the highs keep us so involved and active that we get deep enough for the suspense to take us and make us jump at the slightest scare. At least a good horror film does. He argues that some of these movies are overdone. agree that the violence is overdone in some, heck, many movies. The first Hills Have Eyes had decent image of what people pushed to the limit will do, but the second one lacked any good psychological evaluation in favor of pure grit. As for Saw, I think the mentality is fascinating. How far are people willing to go? And how obsessed is this madman with his belief? It is a dark view of what is right and wrong. He is punishing those who deserve to be punished as well as trying to make them appreciate their lives, but are his methods just? Would any other methods work?

Gaut argues that people who either complain that the movie wasn't scary enough or complain of the quality of production comes back to a notion that deals with a emotional heightening. The individual truly wanted to be scared, but just could not get into the movie, "people seem to enjoy experiencing negative emotions" so when you go in trying to get scared it often makes this exponentially more difficult.