Human Experience in text
Horror Fiction
Sub-Genres of Horror
The Fantastic
The Blair Witch Project
also the story I read, The Lottery
Psychological horror
Silence of the Lambs
movie I watched
Moral allegory
The Exorcist
the monster within
key elements
atmosphere
in any genre of fiction
supernatural elements
Stephen King on fear
Welsh sin-eater
imaginary horrors
snuggle theory
Simulated risk
socially constructed gender roles
fear makes us blind
not knowing
phobias
The Physiology of fear
Clark McCauley
mastrey testing
James Twitchell
physical sensation
when you think you're in danger
Amygdala
when something suddenly happens onscreen (get frightened)
startle reflex can be activated by neural pathways in the brain
Sigmund Freud
horror
Immaterial cause
a fascinated dread
Catharsis
release of strong emotion
Aristotle, a Greek writer
components of brain
superego
our conscious, our sense of guilt, and knowledge of right and wrong
parents and society
ego
our personality
environment
id
ranging emotions, drives, and feelings
dreams and nightmares
the Father of psychoanalysis.
