Psychological Effects of Horror Movies. With Halloween come scary movies such as the cult classics “The Exorcist,” “Saw,” “The Ring,” and “The Shining.” Ghosts and murderers fill our screens and dramatic music rings in our ears. Horror movies are ingrained in our culture; is this healthy? Let’s first explain what our mind does when watching a horror movie. She compared watching a horror movie to riding a roller coaster; people’s heart rates and respirations increase. The reason why some people find horror movies fun, while others find them absolutely terrifying, can be attributed to the Emotion Theory. So most people experience the rapid heartbeat and increased breaths. With Halloween come scary movies such as the cult classics “The Exorcist,” “Saw,” “The Ring,” and “The Shining.” Ghosts and murderers fill our screens.However, those who find horror movies enjoyable would just compare the movie to a roller coaster ride: just an adrenaline rush. And those who find them terrifying would experience distress. Horror movies can cause a wide variety of side- effects, depending on the individual. One of the most noticeable side- effect is sleeplessness. People may have trouble sleeping or toss fitfully all night due to the residual fear and anxiety from watching a scary movie. Another noticeable side- effect is anxiety. The severity and longevity of the anxiety entirely depends on the individual. However, according to a research study done at University of Wisconsin, Madison, children under 1. This is because fear experienced when watching is stored in the amygdala, a part of the brain responsible for generating emotions. These now- adults cannot conjure up the memory without inciting trauma and fear. Other potentially long- term and dangerous effects include, “paranoia, irrational fears, interest in the paranormal or demonology, things that aren’t psychologically healthy for the mind,” said Mathers. However, the occurrence and intensity of these effects all depend of the individual. For example, if a person was in a serious car accident, a movie such as “Final Destination 2” would be very dangerous for the person’s mental health. Horror movies can also be create new fears through association. This effect is called classical conditioning. As an example, she remembers not being able to tolerate the sound of footsteps without envisioning Jack Nicholson’s character from “The Shining.” She also remembers being terrified of birds years after watching Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “The Birds.” Yet, there is one side- effect psychologists can agree is not entirely harmful: desensitization. For example, if you were afraid of clowns, then exposure to horror movies about clowns may help ease your fear because you are being continuously exposed to it. The negative effects could lead to something more significant and dangerous. However, if you do not and “seen as an interest, but is not going to influence them in a negative way, then they could watch them,” said Bialozynski. Lists 50 of the best psychological thrillers ever made. Looking for good psychological thriller movies? You'll be surprised at which films made our list. Chris, Haleigh, and Perri take a look at the best horror movies of the decade so far, including Insidious, Sinister, You're Next, and The Conjuring. Best Haunted House Horror Movies. Buying a new house presents the future home owners with many potential pitfalls: from leaky faucets to vermin infestations. But what if the house comes equipped with its very own ghost? As reality shows like Ghost Hunters proved, haunted houses are no laughing matter – at least if you’re stuck in one and can’t call the Ghostbusters to help you. Over the decades, horror movies explored all kinds of haunted houses – from crumbling Gothic manors to bland suburban homes. With the release of James Wan’s Conjuring 2 – a horror following the paranormal adventures of Ed and Lorraine Warren (played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), it’s just the right time for Screen Rant’s list of 1. Best Haunted House Horrors. Wondering What are the spooky scariest best Horror films ever made? Here is the list of 100 most popular and disturbing horror movies ranging from Paranormal Horror. Woman in the Dunes certainly is a nightmare. There is a new breed of Horror mainly comely from Japan, that has a serene dreamlike surreal quality to them, without the. From crumbling Gothic manors to bland suburban homes, here is a list of best haunted house horror movies ever made. The Amityville Horror (1. George and Kathy Lutz (James Brolin and Margot Kidder) bought their dream house in upstate New York only to find themselves beset by strange phenomena. Misfortune seems to plague the family as well as the Catholic priest (played by Rod Steiger) who tries and fails to bless their home. As strange substances ooze from the walls of this seemingly normal house, George begins to grow sullen and develops a meaningful relationship with his axe. In 1. 97. 5, the Lutz family allegedly experienced a series of increasingly alarming supernatural phenomena in their newly bought New England house where, years ago, a mass murder took place. In 1. 97. 7, author Jay Anson wrote down their supposedly true story that became a bestseller and a basis for the 1. The Amityville Horror. True or not, the Lutz family story has since then gained a ghastly unlife of its own, resulting in a dozen sequels over the last four decades. House on Haunted Hill (1. Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) cordially invites you to spend a night in his ghost- haunted mansion. During your stay, you’ll receive a . If you manage to survive the night unharmed in this accursed house, you’ll be richly awarded. However, ghosts may prove to be the least of your troubles during your stay in the House on Haunted Hill. American film maker William Castle became known for the gimmicks he used to promote his movies. In 1. 95. 8, Castle promoted his thriller Macabre by offering his customers a free certificate for a $1. For his 1. 95. 9 horror flick House on Haunted Hill, Castle developed a gimmick called “Emergo.” In certain movie theaters, he installed an elaborate pulley system that would allow a plastic skeleton to fly right over the movie’s audience during the crucial scenes in the movie. The Changeling (1. Academy Award- winning actor George C. Scott stars in this Canadian horror film as John Russell, a composer who moves to Seattle after his wife and daughter die in a tragic car accident. He rents a large Victorian manor only to learn that it is possessed by a ghost of a boy murdered here decades ago. As Russell begins to unveil the mystery behind the boy’s murder, he learns about its connection to the career of a powerful US Senator Joseph Carmichael (Melvyn Douglas). Inspired by the supposedly real experiences of the film’s screenwriter Russell Hunter, The Changelingis a stylish, albeit dull horror movie about a protagonist confronting his personal tragedy while investigating a supernatural mystery connected to a political scandal. The Changeling is widely considered to be one of the inspirations behind the 1. Japanese horror movie Ringu that similarly uses the idea of a child’s body hidden in an old well. Crimson Peak (2. 01. Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) is a daughter of a rich businessman Carter Cushing (Jim Beaver). She falls in love with Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), an English nobleman who travelled to the United States with his sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain) in search of investors for his family’s red clay mine. Edith eventually marries Sir Thomas and moves to Britain. However, a sinister agenda is afoot and Edith is aware of it only because of her ability to see ghosts. Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror movie Crimson Peak may not be the most original movie out there, but it sure looks amazing. Heavily indebted to lavish Hammer horror movie productions from the 1. Crimson Peak mostly takes place in a crumbling, yet opulent gothic manor. With its echoing hallways and crumbling walls oozing blood- red clay, Allerdale Hall is the true star of this film. The Conjuring (2. The Conjuring is loosely inspired on the real- life paranormal investigations conducted by Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), whose reports inspired the book (and later the movie) The Amityville Horror. In The Conjuring, they help Roger and Carolyn Perron (Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor), who moved in an old Rhode Island farm house with their daughters only to find themselves endangered by a spirit of a long- dead witch. For 1. 4 years, producer Tony De. Rosa- Grund tried to film a movie inspired by the original taped interview between Lorraine Warren and Carolyn Perrin. Writers Chad and Carey Hayes developed the original script around 2. The Conjuring was directed by the Malaysian- born Australian film maker James Wan, who already proved himself in the genre by creating the Saw franchise with Leigh Whannell. The Conjuring became a huge box office success, leading to a sequel, The Conjuring 2, released in June of 2. House (1. 97. 7)Japanese horror movie House may not be the scariest one on this list, but it is by far the craziest. It follows a group of Japanese school girls led by Gorgeous (Kimiko Ikegami) as they visit her Auntie (Y. After Auntie disappears inside of a refrigerator and a flying head attacks one of the school girls, the house itself starts to devour the school girls one by one using items like pianos and grandfather clocks. House lies somewhere between a straightforward horror film and a psychedelic Looney Tunes cartoon. Japanese film maker Nobuhiko Obayashi was inspired by the fears of his pre- teen daughter Chigumi, which were developed into a screenplay by Chiho Katsura. More of a surreal experience than a horror movie, House was quite popular with the audience at the time of its release but received mixed reviews from the critics. Poltergeist (1. 98. Steven and Diane Freeling (Craig T. Nelson and Jo. Beth Williams) live a quiet domestic life in Californian suburb. That life falls apart when their daughter Carol Anne (Heather O’Rourke) begins to communicate with entities hiding inside the TV static. As the Freeling household gets increasingly endangered by the supernatural, Steven desperately contacts a group of parapsychologists who begin the investigate the phenomenon led by the medium Tangina Barrons (Zelda Rubinstein). Poltergeist was ostensibly directed by the Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hopper. However, it was Stephen Spielberg who wrote, produced and directed most of the movie. Hopper was hired because Spielberg was contractually prohibited to direct any other films while working on E. T. Not especially scary even by the 1. Poltergeist nevertheless quickly became one of the highest- grossing movies of 1. The Legend Of Hell House (1. Physicist Lionel Barrett (Clive Revill) is hired to investigate the Belasco House, the “Mount Everest of haunted houses” whose first owner, perverted millionaire Emeric Belasco, disappeared without a trace. Barrett is joined by his wife Anne (Gayle Hunnicutt), a mental medium Florence (Pamela Franklin) and a physical medium Ben Fischer (Roddy Mc. Dowall), the lone survivor of the previous investigation. As this team of paranormal researchers explores the Belasco House, it seems as if the building itself is trying to kill them. British horror film The Legend Of Hell House was based on a bestselling horror novel Hell House by the American sci- fi and horror writer Richard Matheson, most well- known for his 1. I Am Legend. Matheson previously wrote screenplays for Rod Serling’s original version of The Twilight Zone and adapted his own novel into a tense and taut horror thriller that’s still being widely imitated. Insidious (2. 01. Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) and his wife Renai (Rose Byrne) have recently moved into a new house. However, their son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) falls into a coma after witnessing a mysterious figure in their attic. Soon, supernatural events begin to plague the Lambert household. It is only after they contact a team of paranormal investigators led by Elise Reiner (Lin Shaye) that the Lamberts learn that their son has been hijacked by the evil ghosts from the astral dimension looking for a way to return back to life. Director, writer and producer James Wan first made a name for himself by directing Saw in 2. Although Saw quickly became a lucrative franchise, Wan wasn’t satisfied by directing violent and gore- filled movies and moved on to more subtle horror movies dealing with supernatural possession. Insidious came out in 2. Filmed for mere $1. Since then, there have been two other movies in the series: Insidious: Chapter 2 (2. Insidious: Chapter 3 (2. Ju- On: The Grudge (2. The only thing worse than a haunted house is a house whose haunting is contagious. In Ju- On: The Grudge, we are presented with a family home in Nerima, Tokyo where decades ago a monstrous crime took place. In a fit of jealousy, Takeo (Takashi Matsuyama) murdered his wife (Takako Fuji) and their son (Yuya Ozeki), turning them all into vengeful spirits. Ever since then, they unrelentingly haunt and murder anyone who enters their home, even if they leave it right away. The best thing about a brief trend of Hollywood remaking J- horrors was that it introduced the wider audience to the disturbing world of Japanese horror movies. The Ju- On franchise originated in the late 1. Japanese film maker Takashi Shimizu. After their success, Shimizu went on to direct a big- screen adaptation Ju- On: The Grudge in 2. American remake in 2. So far, Ju- On franchise includes 1. The Orphanage (2. Laura (Bel. As an adult, she returns to her old orphanage with her husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and their adopted son Sim. The 1. 0 Best Modern Scandinavian Horror Movies « Taste of Cinema. Generally, there is little to no focus on Scandinavian horror movies, and usually for a good reason. The movies are few enough, and there is far enough between them for the mainstream- international audience to simply not notice them. However, for the few good Scandinavian horror movies that exists, they are quite versatile. The sub- genres they are made in can cover everything from slasher to psychological thriller, and from splatter to horror- romance, and they can excel in all of them. The following list contains the ten best Scandinavian horror movies of the modern era. Please notice: the term modern is a very vague term, but for this lists purpose, . At the same time: the definition of Scandinavia is the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Therefore, Finland will unfortunately be excluded from this list, so an honourable mention goes to Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2. Sauna (2. 00. 8). Dead Snow (2. 00. Norway)Who would have guessed that thirty years after the zombie crave of the ? And who would have guessed that it would come from Norway, of all places? Dead Snow (D. But not just zombies, Nazi- zombies. Dead Snow is oftentimes compared to movies like Dead Alive (Peter Jackson, 1. Dead Snow manages to blend horror and dark comedy, to a point where the viewer laughs at a guy gets his head split open, but it still manages to keep the viewer invested in the characters enough to root for them. The best part of the film is undoubtedly the ten minutes sequence of the students fighting the Nazi- Zombie division with a chainsaw and various other weapons, a scene featuring blood and gore enough for a Kill Bill sequence (and coincidentally the director, Tommy Wirkola, also made the Norwegian Kill Bill parody . But in the end, the tag- line probably says everything you need to know: “Ein, Zwei, Die!”9. The Monitor aka Babycall (2. Norway)The Monitor is a Norwegian psychological horror- thriller directed by P. It stars Noomi Rapace (who we know from the Millennium trilogy) as a paranoid mother with an abusive ex- husband. She is a bit too overprotective for her eight- year- old son, leading her to place a baby monitor in his room, but the monitor begins to pick up some disturbing transmissions. The Monitor is a well- crafted horror- thriller, that manages to create a chilling an unsettling atmosphere and contains some legitimate tension and suspense. It is constructed in a way that gets under ones skin, almost instantaneously it makes the audience feel sympathy for Rapace’s character, largely due to her excellent performance. The pacing and her performance really makes the audience understand her paranoia. The movie might not be that original, but it is worth watching for the performances alone. Thale (2. 01. 2, Norway)Thale is a supernatural horror movie by writer/director Aleksander Nordaas. It follows Elvis and Leo (Erlend Nervold and Jon Sigve Skard), two crime scene cleaners, who are hired to clean up a house after a death. In the basement of said house, they discover Thale (Silje Rein. It is made for an impressively low budget of $1. CGI, but for the most part the movie looks surprisingly good. It is a slow- paced movie, without feeling dull, and it manages to create a sense of dread and suspense. It features a terrific score, the acting is good, most notably the performance by Silje Rein. The movie also features some great cinematography, great set design, and a nice use of colour, all of which becomes even more impressive when the movie has this tiny of a budget. Evil Ed (1. 99. 5, Sweden)As Norway made the grindhouse- esque Dead Snow, Sweden made the grindhouse- esque Evil Ed 1. The movie follows Edward Tor Swenson (Johan Rudebeck) who is a film editor for the fictional horror franchise . After watching and cutting through hours of the gory movies, he is driven insane, and he goes on a murderous rampage as Evil Ed. The movie is mostly a parody on the gore fests of the 8. At the same time it includes numerous homages to some of the great horror classics, like Halloween, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Shining, but most notably the Evil Dead movies, with references such as a character named Sam Campbell and of course the title. As with Dead Snow, Evil Ed features an enjoyably large amount of over the top gore. From the opening scene where the previous editor blows himself up with the most contained explosion to ever come out of a hand grenade (and his boss’s reaction is simply to wipe the blood of his glasses), to the over the top killing spree at the end of the movie. Evil Ed is a fun, over the top, movie with enough gore to satisfy the same audiences who liked Dead Snow. Next Door (2. 00. Norway)Next Door is the second movie by director P. It centres on John (Kristoffer Joner), who recently has been dumped by his girlfriend Ingrid (Anna Bache- Wiig). He finds comfort with his next- door neighbours, the beautiful sisters Anne (Cecilie Mosli) and Kim (Julia Schacht). But he soon realises that the sisters know a strange details about him and Ingrid, and it soon becomes clear something is horribly wrong. The movie is a dive into creepy rooms and the fragile psyche of the characters. It is a claustrophobic psychological thriller with a dark, chilling, and disturbing atmosphere. The plot has enough twists to keep the viewer guessing as to exactly where it is heading. The acting and camera work is very good, the story is interesting and the characters and dialog is well written. As with The Monitor, Next Door covers little to no new ground for its genre, but it is still a very well made movie, and definitely worth the watch.
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