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I was having this thought that I'd like to run past you guys.

Musing why it is that we like horror literature or films, I was wondering if it is because many of us probably live in relatively stable surroundings and therefore horror is one of many ways to experience something unusual.
But that in turn would suggest that people living in places where real-life horror is not unheard of or even common (e.g. war-torn areas) should not find horror-themed escapism as appealing as other folks.
Does that make sense?
Obviously, I'm generalizing and each person is different but I'm thinking about general trends.

What are your opinions?
I'd especially be interested to hear from people who experience (or have experienced) life in such places and (sadly) don't have to speculate but can provide a first-hand feedback.

ETA: After reading the 20 or so answers given so far, it looks like my assumption was just plain wrong!
I should perhaps add that I have worked with MSF in places you don't usually go for holiday (Haiti, DRC, CAR, South Sudan and others) but I never asked my local colleagues this question. Mostly, to be completely honest, because I didn't think of it at that time, but when the idea occurred to me I didn't want to risk re-traumatize people; basically, I didn't want to be an asshole. (I was doing administrative work in those projects, finance and HR, and don't have a medical or psychological background.)
But after reading those answers, I wonder whether some of my colleagues didn't perhaps read horror for similar reasons given here because in some of those places there certainly is even real-life horror and misery to cope with.

Hello!

Does anyone know a film where there is a group of friends who go on a some kind of a trip (with a van or a mini bus if I remember correctly), don't remember what the trip is about but one girl has a huge, professional type film camera with them so I'm assuming some sort of documentary or something. Don't remember much more, but ofc they start to die on after another and at the end there is sort of a huge plot twist when it's revealed that the two girls killed everyone because they wanted to make a snuff film or something.

The cover/poster of the film has like a broken videocamera lying on a ground with a broken lens.

Thank you in advance if someone recognizes it, been looking for it for ages!

I’ve watched Caveat 3 times now, great movie. There’s one part I don’t understand though. Was the mom always strange? The daughter tells a story about her swallowing the key to the creepy vest thing, but that later turns out to be a lie. In the same memory she’s seen drawing circles on black pieces of paper. Later in the movie someone else comes across those same circles. What’s up with her?? Why does she even wear a key to that thing around her neck to begin with? I thought maybe she was mostly normal and the dad/uncle were spreading false stories about her. Though the uncle also says to his niece “I guess your mother was right about you, you are a fucking idiot” or something along those lines. She says nothing to dispute this. Did she have a bad relationship with her mom? Or was she just scared of her uncle?

Is that painting of the girl and the bunny supposed to be the mom? Or her mother, maybe? Since she seems to have a deep connection to that weird vest thing that was made specifically for her mother. The girl in the painting also looks very similar to the rabbit toy. Could the rabbit toy have the spirit of the grandmother inside? This movie leaves me with a lot of questions.

I believe the movie was released around the early 2000s. The main character is a woman who lived in a big studio apartment with big windows high up on the walls. I can’t remember the plot exactly, it was about the supernatural, a possession, possibly a ouija board involved? I remember a car crash, it was either herself or a relative. The car crash happened in a bad rain/thunderstorm, might have been by a highway. I remember the woman running back into her apartment. She repeatedly drew either the number 8 or an infinity symbol on a painting easel canvas. It was thundering and lighting when she was drawing. I’ve tried to search for this movie multiple times and I have had no luck.

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I played and beat the game a few times when it came out a long time ago and still remember everything, so when I saw this movie come out I had 0 interest or hype since I figured it would be identical to the game that is essentially a movie.

Saw it on Netflix front page and didn't want to put too much effort into finding something so watched it.

The first half was great, gave off Cabin in the Woods vibe and there was a lot of mystery and intrigue. The second half and ending were pretty meh and dissapointing but all in all I was pleasantly surprised and not mad that I watched it.

Only question after watching it is do they all have side effects of the transformation still? It would suck to have those extra bones/spines on your back and the weird extra teeth.

What did you think overall?

Never read the comics, loved the Del Toro films. Crooked Man is NOT the Del Toro style. It's significantly slower and much, MUCH darker. Cards out I'm an absolute sucker for folk horror, and this scratched that itch quite well. Witches, demons, Appalachia, old magic, old religion. Here for it all.

I will admit that there is a lot going on and it could most definitely have been streamlined and made tighter, but the setting and camera work were fabulous at building the mood. I immediately wrote it off due to everything I'd seen around the internet and regret having done so. A reminder as to why no one should listen to reviews as the reviewer is not you.