Horror films and emotional response

Emotional responses created in films:

- Empathy

-Joy

-Pain

-Sadness

-Anxiety

-Confusion

-Shock

-Fear

-Scared 

-Awe

Factors which influence our emotions:  

-Film Making techniques,

-Genre Conventions

-Demographic factors

-The Context: where and when have you watched the film

-Mood at the time of watching the film

-Number of times you've watched the film.

What kind of scares? This crosses over into the idea of Freudian Psychoanalysis and why we are scared when we watch horror films. 

What types of fear do horror films convey?

Fear of the dark

fear of the extraordinary 

fear of strange sounds 

fear of god

fear of man

fear of the mind