Psychology of fear

Fear Fiction

May involve Editing and time space shots and Movement

Example: "The Purge: Election Year"

Example: "The Tell Tale Heart"

Includes Horror novels

Subgenres examples:

Psychological horror is:

Abnormal human or creature

The monster within

Phobias

Moral allegory involves:

rules and punishment

Good and evil

The fantastic means:

supernatural occurrence

Not knowing

Theories

Stephen King

Welsh Sin Eater

Blinded by fear

Imaginary horrors

Phobias

Sigmund Freud Includes:

Fascinated

Dread

Immaterial causes

Fascinated dread

Catharsis

Aristotle

Id

ego

superego

Scared Witless involves:

Symbiotic relationship

Limbic systems

Socially constructed gender roles

Amygdala

Startle reflex

Simulated risk

Mastery testing