Horror Game Ideas Brainstorm

Photo Web Links

Images:

Paranoia  photo

http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2010/12/22/you-suffer-from-paranoia/

Syringe pic

http://www.ashfield-dc.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/health-and-social-care/health-and-medical-care/alcohol--drugs-and-substance-use/syringes/

Ghost pic

http://www.ghost-pictures.info/

Spider pic

http://www.bugabug.net/PESTID/wolf_spiders.html

Confined space pic

http://hildadeschutter.blogspot.com/2009/02/els-vanden-meersch-visual-artist.html

Heights pic

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/03/10/02/

call of cthulu pic

http://www.fragland.net/reviews/Call-of-Cthulhu-Dark-Corners-of-the-Earth/715/

silent hill screenshot

http://www.game-debate.com

nosferatu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NosferatuShadow.jpg

original phantom of the opera

http://www.recreatingtampa.com/2009/07/the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-in-3d/

 whistle and  i’ll come to you

http://www.steve-calvert.co.uk/dvd-reviews/whistle-and-ill-come-to-you.htm

texas chainsaw massacre pic

http://www.reelingreviews.com/thetexaschainsawmassacre.htm

Horror Moodboard

Being Afraid, Fear and Why People Enjoy Horror

Being Afraid

I read an interesting article on a website called ‘Psychology Today’ which explains why people are afraid. A neuroscientist conducted an experiment to test how her patients reacted towards knowing that they were going to recieve an electric shock compared to actually recieving one. The results say that ‘people who expected to experience an electric shock suffered anxieties similar to those who had a response to a real threat. "A lot of our fears and anxieties are learned through communication," says Elizabeth A. Phelps, a New York university neuroscientist. "If someone tells you to be afraid of a dog, then the brain responds as if you actually were."

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200109/being-afraid-is-all-in-your-mind

Fear

Fear is a vital response to physical and emotional danger. If we couldn't feel it, we couldn't protect ourselves from legitimate threats. But often we fear situations that are in no way life or death, and thus hand back for no good reason. Traumas or bad experiences can trigger a fear response within us that is hard to quell. Yet exposing ourselves to our personal demons is the best way to move past them.

 

Why People Enjoy Horror Movies

Authors argue that horror movie viewers are happy to be unhappy. This novel approach to emotion reveals that people experience both negative and positive emotions simultaneously -- people may actually enjoy being scared, not just relief when the threat is removed. As the authors put it, "the most pleasant moments of a particular event may also be the most fearful."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070725152040.htm