The Joy We Get From HorrorWhen you read or watch a horror story, you get a feeling from it that may seem strange to some if you're supposed to be horrified by the story. This feeling appears as the terror and fulfillment we experience within ourselves. But why do we want to feel these feelings when we can be happy just by playing a game? And why do we want it? Everyone who watches and reads horror films will do so for one main reason: they get more pleasure from feeling actual pain, which can seem confusing because you don't normally hear these words together. Really, if you break down horror, you can better understand this idea with an example in a real-life context. The first topic you need to understand horror is what horror actually is and what draws us to it. Horror is a feeling that causes such intense feelings of fear, shock or disgust. From there it also brings joy. The two-word definition could be a terrified joy. Andrea Borghini writes: “Take horror films, for example. Some people are terrified watching them, or don't sleep for ...