Fright night, why we love to be afraid on Halloween

Nuala Woulfe explores our need to be frightened out of our lives as Halloween comes round

Fright night, why we love to be afraid on Halloween

Halloween is upon us and right around the country people will be doing haunted castle tours, ghost walks and horror flicks will be the hot rental at local media stores. It’s the time of year where we openly flirt with being afraid, but why do we do we want to feel fear anyway?

According to fear expert, psychologist, Dr Bryan Roche of the National University, Maynooth humans court fear because they,‘enjoy playing with emotions’. “When we watch a scary movie or visit a haunted house, it’s the kick of knowing it’s not real, it’s just imagination and feelings.”

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