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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