S/PS/139. Noël Carroll argues that audience attraction to the horror genre is linked to the audience's curiosity and fascination. How far do you think this theory accounts for audience attraction to the genre? What other theories have been proposed to explain this attraction?
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The paper examines the emotions associated with horror films accounting for the reasons behind horror attraction and discussing the idea of Carroll that horror stimulates curiosity, and its satisfaction is a source of pleasure. Criticism of Carroll's theory is presented offering socio-cultural and psychoanalytical explanations to horror attraction.
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