Horror film fans are much better at dealing with the coronavirus pandemic

By Michael Marshall

still from film Contagion

Fans of scary movies like Contagion appear to be coping better with the pandemic

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Everyone is entitled to one great scare– and it might be good for us. Individuals who view a lot of scary movies and those who are morbidly curious about unpleasant subjects appear to be more emotionally resilient to the covid-19 pandemic, a study reveals.

” Horror users tended to have less psychological distress,” states Coltan Scrivner at the University of Chicago.

The research study was prompted by a question from New Researcher news editor Penny Sarchet. In a Twitter discussion with scary …

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