From a psychological point of view, is watching horror movies beneficial to mental health?

Horror movies, for us, are a kind of growth and a kind of baptism. We get inspiration and strength from the pain and suffering of characters experience in the film. Horror movies can be used as spiritual food in our daily life, which can not only relax the body and mind, relieve stress, but also subtly alleviate and positively induce our hearts, emotions and behaviors.

Extended reading:

1. Modern horror movies are a blend of social and humanistic atmosphere, and are not limited to keeping the audience in a state of "being scared" forever. They often show a theme that is most in line with human nature and can make people feel relieved through various explanations: "love".

2. Contemporary horror movies pay attention to the horror effect from the aspects of mental fission and psychological distortion, which more embodies the profound harm of family ethics variation to human nature, the great panic of people's future life caused by major accidents in daily life, and reflects the panic and anxiety consciousness of modern life, the loss of ethics and the inadaptability to social changes.