Spooky Town Episode 2: The Best of a Horror-ble Year
In Spooky Town's last episode of the year, we dig into our full list of best horror movies from 2020 and talk about why the genre is so important to us in times of turmoil. From Zoom calls with unwelcome guests to a father-son relationship that’s not all it seems, 2020 brought us horror fans some true works of art. Enjoy!
Citations:
Horror, personality, and threat simulation: A survey on the psychology of scary media.
How horror movies can help people overcome real-world trauma
Dissociable neural systems for unconditioned acute and sustained fear
Why Horror Seduces by Mathias Clasen
Monster Theory: Reading Culture by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen