Another silly poll

[howeird]

I'm watching the SciFi HD channel, which Comcast finally got around to putt8ing on my channel line-up, and most of the ads for films are horror genre. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I don't get the thing about enjoying being scared spitless. Hence this very tangential poll.

[Poll #1196357]

Comments

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

I don't watch horror to be scared. But then, the horror movies I like aren't (to me) scary, but rather a dark subset of fantasy, from Frankenstein (1931) through to the Hammers and isolated outbreaks since. I don't do the whole slasher thing.

I assume that adrenaline has something to do with the appeal of being scared by something fictitious. Some people like to be excited, and fear can be a form of excitement.

[howeird]

fear can be a form of excitement
Excellent point. Maybe the calm after the storm is part of the attraction.