"Murnau came up with a new way to depict fear and a sense of being threatened, laying the foundation for the modern horror film. The genre has many fans worldwide, and people often watch horror films on or around Halloween to get in the spooky spirit. But why are they so riveting? Horror films: Psychological 'boot camps'? Horror films can be compared to roller coasters:"
""When you ride a roller coaster, you feel like you're going to fly out on the curves. Fear hormones flood your body," Bandelow explained. But endorphins are simultaneously released, he added, relieving pain and causing feelings of euphoria. You know the ride has been tested for safety and that nothing can happen, but your brain reacts to the situation nonetheless, he said."
In 1838 Thomas Hutter travels to Transylvania to meet Count Orlok and discovers Orlok is a vampire in Nosferatu, a 1922 silent film by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Murnau developed new cinematic techniques to depict fear and threat, shaping the modern horror film. The horror genre attracts worldwide fans, with many viewers watching around Halloween. Horror films operate like roller coasters, offering thrilling fear within a safe environment. Psychologist Borwin Bandelow explains that fear triggers stress hormones while simultaneous endorphin release relieves pain and produces euphoria, so the brain reacts despite knowing the situation is safe.
Read at www.dw.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]