Halloween links round-up
Happy Halloween! Here are a few psychology-related Halloween articles we’ve found on the web.
31 October 2011
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The Lure of Horror, the Digest editor explores horror’s appeal and why it takes the form it does.
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Vampire Apocalypse: A Biocultural Critique of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend. Essay by Mathias Clasen – the literary scholar interviewed at length in the previous Lure of Horror article (check out his website for further excellent articles on horror).
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Why things go bump in the night: a blog post on sleep paralysis.
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Horror Director Eli Roth Explores What Makes Good People Do Evil Things in TV Special
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Six reasons we’re so fascinated by zombies (Psych files podcast).
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The Neurocritic discusses the pathological fear of being buried alive.
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True Blood: The real vampire slayers (requires free registration)
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What spooks the masters of horror? Top horror movie makers say which films scared them the most.