Why People Love Horror Movies

New research seeks to explain why people like scary movies. Misty Kingma and Cenk Uygur break down it down on The Young Turks before Halloween.

What are the best scary movies of all time(?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jvPYUejdms

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/25/why-our-brains-love-horror-m...

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[tab2522]

Spicy food! That's exactly what I was thinking :D

[andywattbulb]

I have never seen a horror movie that was scary. I have seen paranormal activiy 1 and 2 and it was baaaaddd....I saw the first one to laugh at how bad it was and the second one made me angry because I wasted my time. Not planning to see the third one because I know I will commit suicide.

[ab711p]

is she ana?

[imnotaprincess92]

you made a comment about wasabi being hot. all wasabi is in the USA is horseradish with green food coloring.

[br6nf75]

Im with misty on this one. but maybe i dont like horror movies that much (altough i watch them if im out with my friends just because, and dont have any trouble watching them), but is it possoble that its related to my nightmares? maybe, i dont need to watch horror movies because of that....?

[strechyband]

im twelve and ive seen some deathshat will make others puke.

[chandl34]

It's got nothing to do with the burn. Some spicy foods taste good; some don't.

[2anime4ever]

My friend and I were talking about this before. I came up with the conclusion that people who like being scared watching scary movies and people who enjoy eating spicy food even though it burns their mouth must be masochists. Then my friend asked what about the people who likes scary movies but doesn't find them scary and people who eat spicy food but doesn't find them hot?

[KaizokuSanji]

....What a STUPID theory.

[scratchfg212]

@Spiderweb127 sex wouldn't feel good if it wasn't for the fact that it releases endorphins amongst other chemicals that your brain uses to make you procreate. People wouldn't have sex if it didn't feel that good because the effort it requires is extreme. So i remake my point, you eat spicy stuff because even though it hurts, it gives you some kind of pleasure(endorphins) afterwards for whatever reason. ;)

[andywattbulb]

@SubwayRatt

Never saw them. Get it :P

From the bits I've seen on internet and the trailers it doesn't really seem that scary. It's hard for me to be scared at blood and gore that isn't real but I'm sure that Saw is a lot better than..... paranormal activity.

[SubwayRatt]

@andywattbulb how would you rate the first Saw and Saw 2?