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Detailed explanation-1: -"If someone is feeling anxious, they may find that horror helps them stop ruminating about other things in their life, ” Scrivner says. “Horror forces the viewer to focus–the monster on the screen pulls us in and focuses our attention."

Detailed explanation-2: -People with phobophobia tend to avoid any situation where they think they might become fearful. This might mean avoiding normal “scary situations” such as horror movies, roller coasters or skydiving.

Detailed explanation-3: -Beginning in the 1980s, horror films-notably slasher films-began having characters who were self-aware. They knew what a horror movie was, they knew the conventions, and they referenced or even mocked them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Psychological horror films sometimes frighten or unsettle by relying on the viewer’s or character’s own imagination or the anticipation of a threat rather than an actual threat or a material source of fear portrayed onscreen.