The writer explained people's interest in horror movies

Alexander Sordo, writer and compiler of the collection "Your Personal Fears", told why people like to read scary stories.

In a conversation with RuNews24.Ru on November 19, Sordo explained that in everyday routine a person feels constant pressure and stress accumulates. When watching or reading horror stories, there is a surge of cortisol and adrenaline, which allows one to "live" the stress, run it through and let it go.

"It's good for the psyche to experience controlled stress. It's like tempering with cold water," the writer stated.

According to him, over the past 10-15 years, a pleiad of domestic horror authors has formed. Thus, he advised horror fans to read the works of such authors as Dmitry Kostyukevich, Alexander Podolsky, Alexander Matyukhin, Oleg Kozhin, Anatoly Umansky, Vladislav Zhenevsky, Dmitry Tikhonov. Among the films of the relevant genre, Sordo named "Silence of the Lambs" and the lesser-known sequel "Hannibal".

In September, clinical psychologist Ekaterina Klimenko explained why people like watching horror movies. According to her, horror movies allow a person to experience strong emotions in a safe environment.

In August, psychologist Larisa Ovcharenko advised not to watch horror movies for anxious and impressionable people. She noted that such viewers often choose this genre in order to relive their hidden fears, according to the website kp.ru.

In April, writer Nikolai Obodnikov said in a conversation with NSN that the popularity in Russia of books in the genres of fantasy and horror is due to the desire of people to distract themselves from the terrible reality. In his opinion, "distracted by fictional horrors, the reader forgets about the real ones."

In March, child psychologist Varvara Nikiforova warned that shooters and horror games are dangerous for children's psyche. According to her, after such games, children often become anxious and even depressed because of the stress they have experienced, and their sleep is disturbed. Also, the child may have difficulties with concentration, his attention is disturbed, reports 360.ru.

Also in March, psychotherapist, Candidate of Medical Sciences Irina Krashkina said that watching horror movies can worsen the quality of sleep. According to her, selecting calm and soothing music, avoiding traumatic movies and emotional stress before bedtime can contribute to better quality sleep and pleasant dreams, RT reported.