- By now, we should all know that horror movies and horror entertainment in general do not provoke violent behavior.
- However, that’s not to say that horror can’t affect real life to some degree.
- In fact, watching horror movies has been shown to have some palpable effects on both mental and physical health.
By now we should all know that horror movies They generally do not provoke violent behavior.
However, that’s not to say that horror can’t affect real life to some degree. In fact, it has been shown that Watch horror movies has some palpable effects on both the mental health as in physics.
You won’t be cursed or anything like that. But you can experience some remarkable changes in your body or psyche if you eat a regular horror diet.
Believe it or not, most of those effects have been found to be positive.
Don’t you believe us? In reality, there is a niche field of medical experts who have studied the health effects of horror media.
Although the bloody and gruesome scenes in a horror movie average often seem distressing, they actually have the potential to bring comfort. This is especially true for people with clinical anxiety. In a 2020 study published in NeuroImage, a group of Finnish scientists found that people with anxiety disorders may find horror movies relaxing because of “the anticipation of threat from environmental cues and the reaction to the onset of the threat”.
In simple terms, knowing that distress is coming through a jump scare or a slasher kill is more soothing than experiencing a harrowing event without warning.
Viewers can also find solace in horror movies by experimenting terrifying events indirectly through the characters. In an article published by CNET, The director of the Center for Cultural Studies and Analysis, Margaret J. King, explained that viewers can react positively to seeing someone go through something inevitably terrible, while they themselves are in complete control of their surroundings.
“Horror movies have a long history of providing a kind of reassurance,” he explained. “Viewers can be immersed in a harrowing narrative while being perfectly safe at the same time, able to control the stimulus by turning it off or directing attention to the surrounding space.”
Terror and physical health
Horror is one of the few film genres that can provoke a visceral reaction in the viewer. The telltale signs are all there, including a slight increase in heart rate and blood pumping through the muscles. According to Mayo Clinic, these feelings are extremely similar to those you feel while exercising. While you shouldn’t replace your workout routine with a marathon horror, it’s still healthy to experience those adrenaline rushes from time to time.
It’s not just healthy levels of adrenaline that can flow through your body while watching horror movies. A 2009 study published in the academic journal stress suggested that more white blood cells could circulate through a person’s body if they watch a horror movie stress-inducing but still fictional.
Although it is important to recognize that the horror movies have this look of “relief” on the viewer, that doesn’t mean they still can’t produce some negative side effects.
It’s important to put attention on horror movies just aren’t for everyone. While some people find the genre comforting and fun, others find it genuinely disturbing, despite knowing that what they’re watching is fictional.
The body doesn’t always register what’s real and what’s fake, so even if you know that Freddy Krueger can’t kill you in your sleep, your body might react the way it would.
Another weird horror side effect is tied to a particular sub-genre, and could be one that even the most hardcore horror fans are susceptible to. Found footage movies like “Cloverfield” Y “The Blair Witch Project” have received complaints about the use of shaky camera movements, causing viewers to experience motion sickness.
According to a Toronto Star conversation with Professor Bob Cheung of the University of Toronto, this is because the film’s perspective is directly at odds with the senses that govern orientation.
So what is your favorite scary movie?
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