It is this dominance and challenge response that makes us watch horror movies especially with friends because we see it as a challenge to ourselves. This combined with the thrill of facing something unknown, is what drives us to challenge ourselves more and more. read more
According to research published by Dr. Deirdre Johnston in a 1995 issue of Human Communication Research into motivations for viewing graphic horror, there are four main different reasons for why we (or at the very least a small sample of 220 American adolescents) like watching horror movies (gore watching, thrill watching, independent watching and problem watching). read more