Why Do People Love Horror Movies? (Replay)

When are negative emotions enjoyable? Are we all a little masochistic? And do pigs like hot sauce?

• SOURCES:
  • Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford University.
  • Sigmund Freud, neurologist and father of psychoanalysis.
  • Paul Rozin, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery at Stanford University.
  • George Vaillant, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Mass General Research Institute.

• RESOURCES:
  • "The 10 Scariest Horror Movies Ever," by RT Staff (Rotten Tomatoes, 2022).
  • "Box Office History for Horror," (The Numbers, 2022).
  • "Around the World, Adolescence Is a Time of Heightened Sensation Seeking and Immature Self-Regulation," by Laurence Steinberg, Grace Icenogle, Hanan M. S. Takash, et al. (Developmental Science, 2018).
  • "Why Taste Buds Dull As We Age," by Natalie Jacewicz (The Salt, 2017).
  • Horror Literature Through History, edited by Matt Cardin (2017).
  • "Why We Love the Pain of Spicy Food," by John McQuaid (The Wall Street Journal, 2014).
  • "Glad to Be Sad, and Other Examples of Benign Masochism," by Paul Rozin, Lily Guillot, Katrina Fincher, Alexander Rozin, and Eli Tsukayama (Judgment and Decision Making, 2013).
  • "The Ignorant and the Furious: Video and Catharsis," by the Association for Psychological Science (2010).
  • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck (2006).
  • "Adaptive Mental Mechanisms: Their Role in a Positive Psychology," by George E. Vaillant (American Psychologist, 2000).

• EXTRAS:
  • Terrifier 2, film (2022).
  • "How to Change Your Mind (Update)," by Freakonomics Radio (2022).
  • "Why Is U.S. Media So Negative?" by Freakonomics Radio (2021).
  • "Why Is Academic Writing So Bad?" by No Stupid Questions (2021).
  • Han Dynasty restaurant.