Delicious goosebumps: Why we're infatuated with fear

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    Masked murderers, supernatural monsters, blood cascading down the stairs like a waterfall. Horror depicts the stuff of nightmares – and we revel in it. RUG film scholar Julian Hanich analyses that fascinating paradox. ‘Horror provides a moment of intensity.’

    Period30-Oct-2018

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    • TitleDelicious goosebumps: Why we're infatuated with fear
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletUK
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryNetherlands
      Date30/10/2018
      DescriptionMasked murderers, supernatural monsters, blood cascading down the stairs like a waterfall. Horror depicts the stuff of nightmares – and we revel in it. RUG film scholar Julian Hanich analyses that fascinating paradox. ‘Horror provides a moment of intensity.’
      Producer/AuthorThereza Langeler
      URLhttps://www.ukrant.nl/magazine/delicious-goosebumps-horror/?lang=en
      PersonsJulian Hanich
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    Keywords

    • film
    • horror
    • fear
    • pleasure