Impact of Horror Movies on Children !!!

The term “horror” itself is horrible. When it comes to watching any horror movie, then it really becomes a matter of thrill. Horror films are a genre of movie seeking to draw a negative emotional reaction from the viewers by playing on the senses of audiences’ most original fears. They often feature the types of scenes that frighten the viewers through the means of ghastly and the paranormal, therefore repeatedly covering with the genres of fantasy and science fiction. Horror movies are also frequently partly covered with the thriller genre.

Horror movies mostly attract the kids because they do not understand the fact behind the screens. They believe in what they see. The negative side of watching such movies is, it affects the mind of the kids deeply. Some of the effects on.

•  The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) study exposed direct facts that in kids of the age group of five and younger, especially small children, horror movies can create sensitive cases of nervousness. The symptoms of such anxieties comprise of sleeping disorders, aggressiveness and self-endangerment.

•  Studies have revealed that kids who are exposed to horror films avoid real life situations much that made known in a fictional way on screen. The subject matters exhibited fear of confronting those circumstances. Some of the kids are not only found to be avoiding real life situations, but also start avoiding watching other films or TV shows that deals with the same phenomenon that instilled an unusual fear.

•  One of the common effects among the older kids and even teens and pre-teens, upon watching horror films is to enthusiastically talk about the stimulus that creates the fear.