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I have always loved watching scary movies. However, there are other people who simply cannot handle watching scary movies. According to Glenn Sparks, a professor of communication at Purdue University, the physical reactions to horrifying images include sweaty palms, tense muscles, a drop of several degrees in skin temperature, a spike in blood pressure and an increase in heart rate of up to 15 beats per minute. In fact, Joanne Cantor, PhD, director of the Center for Communication Research at University of Wisconsin, believes that allowing children under the age of 14 to watch scary movies may cause them to have a lifelong irrational fear. Are There Any Positive Effects From Watching Scary Movies?
