Barbarians: The guests have arrived

Barbarians: The guests have arrived

In any event, when Barbarians opens with a promotional video in which Tom Cullen’s Lucas, an instantly smarmy beardo, touts a new idyllic community at a site in rural England called “Gaeta” (the Gallic word for “gateway”), one arches an eyebrow a little. And perhaps one also asks, “And where are they now, the little people of Stonehenge?

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Why do we love horror movies so much?

Why do we love horror movies so much?

From a descriptional perspective, fear is the triggering that occurs when an organism’s life is threatened. So much so that, except for psychopathological processes, triggers only occur when faced with a real danger. At this point Christophe Andre’s (2016) analogy of the fear and alarm system is quite appropriate: Imagine a car or home alarm. In the event of danger, such as forcing the lock, this alarm must be strong enough to wake the environment. It should be deactivated after drawing enough attention.

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Disturbing horror movies you'll never want to watch again

Disturbing horror movies you’ll never want to watch again

The purpose of horror films is to scare the audience, to make them sleepless or to make them feel uncomfortable. Although many successful horror films do well enough, their impact on us doesn’t last long, and we forget some of them completely after a few years. However, this does not apply to the films on our list. Without further ado, there are horror movies that you’ll be very uncomfortable to watch and never want to watch again!

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