Written by Alexander Giampietro Modern horror movies have the effect of inflicting fear upon the audience that strikes them to the core. Through a psychological lens, this phenomenon is deeply rooted in the core of how we think. During a showing of a horror film, a door appears on the screen as the camera pans in on the main character approaching it. Carl Sandburg, an American poet, once wrote that “an open door says ‘come in,’ a closed one says ‘who are you?’” The audience
