It's that time of year when everyone's thinking about all things spooky and frightening.
So why do we deliberately scare ourselves? Horror movies, novels and televisions shows have never been more popular
What is it about horror and thrills that keeps drawing us back? Because most of the time we're trying to avoid fear.
Mathias Clasen, associate professor and director of the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University in Denmark is a horror researcher.
He's also written two books, Why Horror Seduces and A Very Nervous Person's Guide to Horror Movies.
He joins Emile Donovan.
Twin actors in the horror movies the Shining. Photo: Youtube
