What Scares You?

For over a century, audiences have been entertained by horror films. Over time, horror films have adapted and changed into our society's standard of liking. The question that filmmakers have been trying to answer is, why do people like horror films so much? The answer lies within a semi-breakdown of psychoanalytic theories. It seems to be that whether you are watching a horror film just for the thrill of it, or trying to accomplish your fear over a specific "creature", as long as you are in a safe confinement, you want to watch a horror film. As humans, we know in the back of our minds that horror films aren't real, so it makes it a little easier to be able to watch things that scare us. Horror films help us identify what we are truly scared of and what we are not scared of.