People who suffer from anxiety are more likely to be negatively impacted by horror films. Anxiety sensitivity is the fear of the bodily sensations associated with anxiety and a misinterpretation of these sensations as being real threats. Those that suffer from anxiety sensitivity are more likely to experience a negative impact from watching horror films.
The tendency to fear intrusive thoughts and images may be triggered and increase levels of anxiety or panic. This can be especially true for viewers with certain mental health disorders.
An important tip to watching horror films is to find what level you can handle and what subgenre suits your preferences. For example, not everyone is going to enjoy gore or mind games. Remember, you can always leave the room and pick up a relaxing book instead. Although it may be tempting to marathon horror movies all month, this can come with some risks. The study also found that participants who watched more than 2 hours of TV each night displayed higher levels of depression than those who had shorter viewing times.
Binge-watching horror movies also increases the regularity of adrenaline in the body, worsening issues with sleep. Research also suggests that binge-watching can be an obsessive and compensatory behavior. This can involve symptoms such as lack of control, negative health and social effects, feelings of guilt, and neglect of duties.
If parts of a movie are making you feel uncomfortable, you can always close your eyes or leave for a quick bathroom break. Watch with the lights on or during the daytime.
This can especially help if you experience nyctophobia , or extreme fear of the dark. Another tip is to watch scary films with others, as they can help you feel tethered to reality. This can help ease feelings of suspense. As with all genres of movies and TV shows, it comes down to individual preference and circumstance.
To watch safely, monitor how horror movies are making you feel. Notice how you feel the following day and whether your sleep is impacted. To delve deeper into this obsession, we caught up with Adam Crowther, who runs QUAD's Fright Club programme, dedicated to monthly screenings of the best brand new and archival terrors from home and abroad:.
From films, to books, to theme park rides and beyond, something about a darker and more morbid tone has always drawn me in. I feel that an interest in the macabre is more normal than many will admit, and a certain glee is often found in tragedy and the things we are told to avoid. Indeed, taking enjoyment from something we are told we cannot have is key to an addiction to horror.
As a child, I often found the anticipation scarier than the end product; be it scanning the blurb on a VHS to talking to other kids and their parents about books that were a little too old for me just yet, the horrors that my mind conjured up and the fear felt was much greater than what I eventually experience — although I always ended up enjoying it.
This thrill of anticipation could be nauseating, but it always kept me coming back for more. As an adult, these feelings have evolved. As my knowledge and experience of horror grew, and the industry changed and became more extreme be it the themes or flat out gore , this became the new threshold for myself.
Should I be watching this? And Hannibal Lector was a strangely charismatic villain, Turvey added, recalling the final scene, in which Lector has escaped and is going to eat the doctor who has tormented him.
The first Halloween film, which initially interested Turvey in horror, was strong in many ways. Many horror films stand out because they break new ground, and put new twists on old tropes, Turvey said. Monica Jimenez can be reached at monica. Skip to main content.
Malcolm Turvey, director of the Film and Media Studies program, explains the attraction to the dark side. Photo: Kelvin Ma. By Monica Jimenez. October 30,
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