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A History Of Horror Movies Fear is one of the most fascinating and powerful emotions of the human body. There is something thrilling about the sudden shock and prolonged anxiety experienced when one is afraid. For centuries, writers have played on this human emotion as a form of entertainment. From reading ghost stories, to telling scary tales around the campfire, there seems to be some bizarre forbidden pleasure derived from fear. The horror genre may be so appealing because it is therapeutic. Horror provides an outlet for all the emotion bottled up inside from everyday life. Watching horror films enables us to acknowledge our fears, share them with others in the audience, and rid the terror by facing it. Edgar Allen Poe, a horror writer from the mid 1800's, is still acknowledged as being responsible for the birth of modern day horror fiction. Till today his tales continue to inspire...

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