Why do people watch horror movies?

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Today, I listened to this episode of NSQ - No stupid questions - podcast. Angela mentioned that she has watched 4 out of top 10 horror movies (from some list) Dubner was 0/10 Turns out, Angela watched all those only during her twenties or earlier. Some study noticed that audience for such movies comprises mostly young adults. (Because they are seeking thrill ?) Psychologists Paul Rozin calls this “benign masochism”

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Rolf Potts and Richard Bach

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This may seem like strange title for the post, compared to my other posts, and it is. In case you don’t know any of these gentlemen, both of them are writers. Rolf Potts is known for Vagabonding. Made (more) popular by Tim Ferriss. Richard Bach may be known for “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” to most people. But I’ve read a lot of his books. That does not look like they should be the topic of the same entry.

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