Horror might be subjective, but leave it to science to figure out which movies are the most triggering for a mass audience.
Let's take a brief look at the history behind Halloween candy and how it became the sweetest day of the year.What’s the scariest movie of all time? That answer might be subjective. However, entertainment company Broadband Choices recently decided to use science to find the answer.
In order to achieve this, researchers monitored viewers’ heart rates while watching popular scary movies. They wanted to know which films were the most successful at triggering the audience’s fight or flight mechanisms. presented in 5.1 surround soundScientists compared spikes in viewers’ heart rates and measured those differences. Each film has a standard average heart rate and a spike measured from various jump scares and other horrifying scenes from these films.
For some horror fanatics, the results of this years’ Science of Scare study might not come as a surprise, but to others, it might suffice as a warning. James Wan: "The Conjuring," "Insidious," "The Conjuring 2"Tobe Hooper: "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Poltergeist"
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