WHY DO WE WATCH SCARY FILMS?

SUBVERSIVE

Sadistic: Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
 Masochistic: Putting ourselves in the situation of the victim.

ARISTOTLE (384BC - 322BC)

CATHARIS

 We purge/cleanse our own negative/violent feeling, by watching/experimenting violent negative imagery.

DOLF ZILLMAN

EXCITATION TRANSFER THEORY 

 The negative emotions gained from violent/scary/negative imagery - intensify the positive

GLEN D. WALTERS

TENSION

 Create use of micro-elements, and manipulation information and narrative.

RELEVANCE

 The fear generated has to be relevant to the audiences - and believed.

UNREALISM

 The audiences have to be aware it ins't real.