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
Pleasant enough, but a lot of the “insights” are rather banal. And did one of the “experts” really call Polidori a literary titan? (My apologies for the double post. It’s too easy to submit prematurely, at least while using a tablet.)
Pleasant enough, but a lot of the insights are rather banal. And did one of the “experts
Interesting enough, and you can definitely feel the passion for the genre from the people involved, but this documentary felt kind of shallow.
People like the makers of this documentary are the reason why I enjoy horror films that much.
Well done.