For my final paper topic I plan to write about a few things. First I will go in depth on why people watch horror films, but more specifically "Slasher" films. I will then analyze the Halloween franchise of films as they are my favorite slasher films. I will also go over how the realism of "Slasher" films is what truly makes them terrifying. I plan to wrap it all up with a comparison between Hollywood's serial killers and real life serial killers.
Sources:
"Why Horror" by Noel Carroll
"The Good, the Bad and Halloween: A sociocultural Analysis of John Carpenter's Slasher" by Jody Pennington
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2018/10/28/why-do-we-crave-scary-movies-science-suggests-its-a-head-trip-with-surprising-benefits/#2d1c3607644ahttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-excess/201510/why-do-we-watching-scary-films