WIKIPEDIA DEFINITION OF HORROR
Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, horror films have for more than a century featured scenes that frighten the viewer. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.
peer feedback and analysis:
"I like the suspense of what will happen, all the surprising aspects of the genre are what keep me hooked."
As you can see from this individuals view of the horror genre there is a lot of weight placed on the suspense because this then keeps people entertained and interested. There is a psychological study that shows,according to scientists, our brain is incapable, at an emotional level, to distinguish between what’s real and what’s not in imagery. So, at an emotional level, being chased by an axe-wielding lunatic in real life is fairly comparable to seeing and experiencing images of such a chase at a distance from the comfort of a chair. Maybe that's why people are so driven towards this genre as it collates both psychological and literal fears of the audience members in a way that makes the wonder if things really do go 'bump in the night'.
However in some cases (like mine) Horrors become unbearable to watch because they play on the fears that we have, and I really don't like being frightened.
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