Horror Affect is a theoretical construct within the study of horror fiction and the horror genre that identifies and analyzes the specific emotional responses elicited by horror media, distinguishing itself through its focus on the affective mechanisms that produce fear, dread, and unease in audiences.
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Recreational terror: women and the pleasures of horror film viewing
Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 171 citations
Horror Movies and the Cognitive Ecology of Primary Metaphors
Bodo Winter · Metaphor and Symbol · 2014 · 120 citations
Noël Carroll · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · 1999 · 53 citations
Arts, Film Studies, Film Criticism +12
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IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, United States
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2 publications
85 citations
Curtin University
Perth, Australia
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4 publications
170 citations
Buckinghamshire New University
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
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1 publications
16 citations
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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29 citations
Schlumberger (Ireland)
Dublin, Ireland
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1 publications
41 citations
Ontario Tech University
Oshawa, Canada
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Purdue University West Lafayette
West Lafayette, United States
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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, United States
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 5 publications · 280 citations
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- Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
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- Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces
2 publications · 77 citations
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- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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