KEY WORDS
Phobias
Horror movies
Fear
Hate/fascination
Special effects
Popular culture
Therapeutical use
(Artificial boundaries between) genres
People with no fears
People with no need for horror
Horror in country’s culture
Historical differences
Senses for fear
Importance of audio
Porn/horror
Empathy/relating/disattachement
Why toilets?
Timing!
Pressure from watchers
Another interesting aspect to research: how is it from the perspective of the crew? The cast? How do they experience horror making vs other genres? Stories of actors going mad afterwards, etc...
• List of phobias:
https://eslforums.com/list-of-phobias/
Phobias
• The phobias I have:
• What is a phobia and which ones are the most common:
https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/phobias/related/most-common-phobias/
- Arachnophobia (fear of spiders)
- Metathesiophobia (fear of change)
- Megalophobia (fear of large objects, depends for me what it is)
- Astraphobia (Fear of thunder and lightning, I had this much more when I was little now it is just sometimes)
Folklore and scary stories
• Books to read:
- Scary stories to tell in the dark I, II & III (Alvin Schwartz
- Roald Dahl't book of ghost stories
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• Folklore stories from around the world:
Horror movies and games inspired by folklore stories and monsters
• Until dawn (game):
The monsters the character have to be careful about are the wendigos (like in the legend these creatures came to life after practicing cannibalism
• The curse of La Llorona (2019)
• Krampus (2015) & A christmas horror story (2015)
Both these films are based on the legend of Krampus the monster who punishes naughty children.
• Don't be afraid of the dark (2010)
• Scary stories to tell in the dark (2019)
• The witch (2015)
• Sleepy hollow (1999)
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