That's a question I've always pondered; even as a JW, I was always enthralled by ghost stories, horror movies, etc. Just what is it in the human pscyche that LOVES to be scared out of its wits?
Ghouls, Goblins, Vampires: Why Do We Love To be Scared Witless?
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stillajwexelder
Me too -- do not know why -- particularly have always loved vampire movies
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SanFranciscoJim
The desire for fright is clearly caused by demons.
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Valis
Some interesting things to say on the subject..
[10] But while many horror films presuppose and play off of our confidence in the benignity of nature, others chip away at that confidence or build upon the cracks in that confidence. Perhaps we humans will simply find ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time as when a hoard of migrating tarantulas are heading through town (Kingdom of the Spiders) or when our pet St. Bernard has been bitten by a rabid bat (Cujo). Some of the most powerful horror films in history, such as Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) and Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), call into question our confidence in nature by simply refusing to offer us any kind of explanation whatsoever for why their subjects go so uncharacteristically out of control. The net effect can be powerful indeed. There are people who, 25 years later, still refuse to wade too far out into the ocean.
http://www.unomaha.edu/~wwwjrf/sanctifi.htm
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
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DebraDoll
It keeps jehovahs "WITLESSES" in control!
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Faraon
Ya vampires!! Me likes em too!!! I guess that's why I'm also getting my Phlebotomy license! To be a professional blood sucker!! Ha!
Is that what they call the license for managers_
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rocketman
Good question. I wonder if what the human body does in reaction actually creates a kind of high or rush after it's over. All that adreneline and so forth, ya know.