I’m a psychiatrist who was terrified of horror films – until I learned about ‘cinematic neurosis’
Why do scary movies thrill some viewers and send others running for the hills? Our writer gets to the bottom of his fear of the genre – with the assistance of Freud, clinical researchers and his six-year-old self. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/28/why-some-people-hate-horror-films-psychiatrist-cinematic-neurosis