This is credible because website Versopolis.com said, Horror films are remarkably popular for dating. A study by Zillman and colleagues in the 1980s, showed that teenage girls enjoy the films more when they are scared and their date is not—they can scream and be comforted. And the boy enjoys the film more when his date shows that she is frightened (this is nicely called the “Snuggle Theory.”) Traditional gender roles are confirmed—the boy will be brave and protect the girl. There also may be something of a tribal ritual about going to these films. If you can “survive” them, you have passed some societal test—you are showing mastery over your fears." Guys need to survive a horror movie and they're in? Niiiiice.http://www.versopolis.com/long-read/94/what-s-to-like-about-horror

"Excitation transfer theory is based on marked differences in the time course of cognitive and excitatory adaptation to changes in conditions that arouse emotions." I believe this is saying that our emotions would be going absolutely insane if the ending didn't go the way we wantedhttp://www.blackwellreference.com/subscriber/uid=3/tocnode?id=g9781405131995_yr2013_chunk_g978140513199510_ss49-1

Is this because humans are able to think through what they'll do and animals just have their instinct and are "in the moment"? BDCwire.com said, "According to Herzog, any animal that doesn’t belong to one of two categories–household pets or adorable zoo animals–doesn’t matter to us as much. Just looking at America’s propensity to eat certain critters on the regular proves that we seriously prioritize the lives of some animals over others." So, it's how the animal was raised, or how they look. Humans are far more scarier because they can think things through. http://www.bdcwire.com/this-is-why-you-care-more-about-some-animals-than-you-do-about-humans/

Do parents think their children will get bad ideas in their heads and plot against the world? Desertnews. com said, "Now, more than a decade later, the effects are still being talked about. The Association for Youth Children and Natural Psychology noted that films can improve the language and social skills of a child, but they can also increase their violent and aggressive behavior." This is in fact true, kids do get more violent if they play video games that are more realistic, like Grand Theft Auto, or Call of Duty. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865607296/Heres-how-violent-graphic-and-scary-movies-affect-your-kids.html?pg=all

Makeofuse. com has stated that playing video games does in fact release stress among genders, or any age. A 2010 study at Texas A&M conducted by Associate Professor Dr. Christopher J. Ferguson showed that both men and women who play violent video games long-term seem to be able to adopt mental skills to handle stress, become less depressed and get less hostile during stressful tasks."http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/video-game-stress-reduction-need-start-playing-right-now/

Didn't you just say some horror movies deal with real life issues...? Tell me if I'm wrong, but movies that explain the decline of the United States are far more scarier than Dracula or Frankenstein. Isn't reality the real horror?

People enjoy watching horror movies because they can learn from the confidence of others, and gain new information on any incident that could possibly, or never happen in the future.

I wouldn't say I enjoy watching a bad person get murdered because they deserve it... but I understand. Doesn't it make us seem crazy to enjoy that?

Could it harm anyone? Since it's not directly on the skin, will it not hurt? What if they had metal in them from surgeries, or procedures? Could they still do it?