Why Horror?
Directed by Nicolas Kleiman, Rob Lindsay
WHY HORROR is a feature length documentary following horror journalist Tal Zimerman as he looks at the psychology of horror around the world in order to understand why we love to be scared. Horror is a global phenomenon. Millions of people love it, yet horror fans are often misunderstood. Tal Zimerman should know. He is one of them. Tal is a Canadian journalist and a full-fledged fan of everything deep, dark and disgusting. But lately he’s been asking himself - Why?
Horror journalist Tal Zimerman looks at the psychology of horror around the world in order to understand why we love to be scared.
Cast: Tal Zimerman, Alexandre Aja, Eli Roth, John Carpenter
Member Reviews
Enjoyable journey to logical areas to explore the question ‘why horror?’. It seeks to prove there isn’t just one answer. For someone who has been a fan of the genre most of my life it is nostalgic and validating. Worth a watch (over a good morning cup of coffee)
yawn.
Decent to have on in the background while I wasn't really paying attention. I've seen better documentaries on horror though.
very good!
Not worth a watch. It didn't bring anything new. Touches only the surface. It's great maybe for people who's not really into the genre, but for horror fans which I assume all Shudder subscribers are, it's not worth it.