Happy Extremely Belated Halloween! In this shorter, unsponsored, Halloween Special, we’ll be looking into the prevailing theories behind why women love the horror genre, before then analyzing those theories under the lens of video games.
Do women, and specifically girls, enjoy horror video games for the same reasons that they enjoy horror movies, or books? Let’s take a look together, and see if we can come away with a meaningful answer!
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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
02:34 – Why Do We Enjoy Horror, Generally?
05:31 – Women’s Enjoyment of Horror: Snuggle and Empathetic Theory
14:36 – Horror Video Games are Different!
20:28 – Society’s Treatment of Girls
25:01 – Conclusion
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Attributions:
The Psychology Behind We Love (Or Hate) Horror (Harvard Bus. Review)
Why Do Chicks Dig Scary Movies (sic) (Entertainment Weekly)
Worldwide Box Office Chart
Why Women Love Horror (The Skinny)
Why Do Women Love True Crime (NYT)
Why the True Crime Audience Is Predominantly Female (Psych. Today)
Effects of an opposite-gender companion’s affect to horror on distress, delight, and attraction. [“Snuggle Theory” study from the 80’s]
[TBD]