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gabe 🛸 :

i love horror it helps me regulate my emotions too

Olvi :

As someone with OCD, horror is and has always been my favourite genre. Horror provides me a SAFE environment to engage with what makes me tick in the WORST way. The comfort (for me) comes from being UNDERSTOOD in my fears, but also getting to engage with the scary themes with others consuming that same media.

Americafarias14🇲🇽🖤 :

I’m obsessed with Coraline

Lenni the Toller :

Spot on. Currently listening to “Scream With Me” which discusses the idea of Domestic Horror.

Zo :

Ive always found it comforting

MeganZeg :

The Shining example was so good! So true that I was horrified for Wendy and didn’t think twice about any of the other supernatural elements of the film.

Emily |-/🐇🪩☕️🦷🦇 :

The only time I go to the cinema is when a horror movie is out.

La_Lillyyy :

I think it’s also because we can sit with the emotion of fear, without being in actual danger.

⋆༺𝓛𝔢𝔛𝔛༻⋆ :

Maybe I’m being biased for saying this but horror is THE BEST genre. It’s fun, it’s creative and takes more time to produce and it’s so fulfilling

Mackenna :

I took a whole college course on this it was sick

Scythe & Dove :

“Danger doesn’t always arrive looking dangerous.” I like that you synthesized everything so well. Extremely well put.

ᥫ᭡.ִֶָ𓂃 :

i used to fall asleep to the conjuring 2 for like 2 years because it was the scariest

Anima :

pans labyrinth is also very good

taylortrezure :

it helps sharpen your intuition / discernment

Gabrielle :

Horror also frequently has themes of resilience; the characters have to overcome something extremely difficult. I find it comforting 🖤

BlackCeasar🏴‍☠️ :

Another movie that proves your point in particular is Obsession. Also House terrified me as a kid.

.ell.ie. :

if you’re a fan of discussing & analyzing horror, check out Faculty of Horror! I’ve been listening to it for over a decade

rawaaaan :

idk its exciting and makes me feel something 😂

Spider Lili🕷️ :

a lot of forms of comfort can be uncomfortable

NotoriousRBF :

Horror is research

Nicole M. Wolverton | writer :

There's research that indicates people who consume horror novels and films are more resilient than those who don't. I like to think that I've always recognized that on some level, so I watch horror for my mental health.

shhuuuhnelle :

I used to be scared of horror- ever since taking it as an analysis tho- seeing how people make horror and express it has been so interesting!!

jenniferlovely8 :

inoculation against the feelings of fear in a controlled manner

Jackie :

It makes my trauma feel less scary in a way

Ally :