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      Why Horror?

      2014 1h 21m Documentary List
      Reviews 39% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared. Read More Read Less

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      Chris Alexander Fangoria What makes Why Horror? truly appealing and unique as a film is Zimerman himself. This is his show all the way. Rated: 3/4 May 23, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member While I found it fun and engaging, some of it is retread from other horror explorations and its appeal likely doesn't extend beyond fans of the genre. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review william s Some interesting questions asked and some interesting answers but nothing ground breaking or really memorable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Frances H Fun look at the Horror Genre and why we love it. (Yes, we do--The Walking Dead is the most watched show on TV.) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/15 Full Review Audience Member Why Horror? is a decent documentary being shown on Showtime that covers some good ground. For a horror fan, I learned a couple things. As someone flipping around to be entertained, I was just that. The director is a nerdy fan who asks a few questions that get answered by some popular names including the great George Romero, Eli Roth (although after his Green Inferno film, I feel the need to put his title in quotation marks when I call him a "director") and others. The narrator and star travels around places like Japan, London, and his brain, investigating people's reactions to horror and why they react the way they do. He also covers things like women in horror and video games. If you enjoy good documentaries and horror films,, take a look. This is an entertaining movie that is well put together and was able to keep my interest through the whole thing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.
      Director
      Nicolas Kleiman, Rob Lindsay
      Producer
      Don Ferguson
      Screenwriter
      Rob Lindsay
      Production Co
      Don Ferguson Productions
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 21m