Horror and comedy don't intuitively seem like they should be a good match, since horror is inherently dark while comedy is ...

They may quickly notice horror movie tropes — scared characters stumbling, screaming, or dropping their keys, all at the same ...

Robert Pattinson told his 'Mickey 17' director Bong Joon Ho that he recently slept with 'two kitchen knives' after watching a horror movie ...

It’s a great time to be a horror fan, because Netflix just got a darkly thrilling movie you need to add to your watchlist.

The vast majority of horror films inherently see their impact diminish as time marches on. The majority, but not all. In fact ...

Horror movies and literature reflect people's anxieties by taking them to gory extremes. Body horror taps into the very human fear of how unpredictable, and even uncontrollable, our bodies can be.

Scientists observed a similar mechanism in people watching horror movies. They hypothesized that highly reactive amygdalae could induce thrill and enjoyment in horror films. There is a possibility ...