Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth

Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films

Nina Nesseth

nonfiction horror psychology informative medium-paced

256 pages | first published 2022

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Nina Nesseth knows what scares you. She also knows why.In Nightmare Fuel, Nesseth explores the strange and often unexpected science of fear through the lenses of psychology and physiology. How do horror films get under our skin? What about them ke...
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