The Psychology of Scary Movies (2013)

6.3/10 14 min Documentary

Overview

This short documentary explores eight theories on why humans are so fascinated with fright.

Cast

John P. Hess

Arthur Conan Doyle

Self (archive footage)

Sigmund Freud

Self (archive footage)

Warrington Gillette

Jason

Carl Jung

Self (archive footage)

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