why do people watch scary films?


 reason
-to test ourself
-we know that it's not real
-everyone is a masochist
-to have a physical response

Aristotle
Aristotle believe in catharsis(we watch violence/negative image to purge surpassed emotion)

Zolf zillman excitation theory
by experiencing negative and scary imagery we intensify the positive or in another word,we enjoy seeing negative image being vanquished.




Glen D Walters 'what makes a film scary?

1.Tension and suspense
   -created using nanative and filming technique
2.Relevance
   -the fear explored are relevant to the audience
3.unrealism
   -we know that we are fake.we can experiment and explore