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	Podcast:		Sunday Morning
	Episode:		Why horror movies can be good for us
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:23:12
	Publish Date:		2021-10-30 21:05:00
	Description:		Halloween is fast approaching, and for many people that means it's time for an annual dose of cinematic spookiness. Horror entertainment, says horror expert Professor Mathias Clasen, aims to evoke fear, anxiety, disgust, and dread in its audience. But there are also wholesome benefits -- for example, horror movie fans reported less psychological distress in response to Covid-19 lockdowns than those who are not fans of the genre. (Which is arguably the most disrespected genre.) Danish academic Clasen, who is the director of the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University, joins the show to discuss horror movies, deriving pleasure from scary situations, and what watching horror can do for us.
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