The horror film genre is big in the entertainment industry. It is an attraction to see films where viewers know that it will bring fear. This fear is a type of adrenaline rush from skydiving. There is an aesthetic distance that allows the viewers to experience his/her own fear as an object of enjoyment. This type of experience is a frame where viewers know there is a limit and they will not get physically hurt. This paper will explore the emotion of fear when watching horror films. The paper will be a psychoanalysis on the fear that is experienced when watching something scary. It also will include the cognitive reactions and what is the deep root cause of the fear. By doing this analysis, this paper will conclude the reasons why people intentionally
