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Why Horror?(Movie, 2014)

1h 21min | Genre: Documentary
Why Horror?Rating: 3.2/5 (with 1010 votes)
Why Horror? is a 2014 Canadian documentary film directed by Nicolas Kleiman and Rob Lindsay and written and co-produced by Lindsay. A work-in-progress draft of the film was screened in August 2014 at the Fantasia Festival and the official final version was screened on 3 October 2014 at the Feratum Film Festival. The documentary explores the psychology of the reasons why people enjoy the horror genre and includes interviews by several well-known horror icons. Funding for the film was partially raised by a successful Kickstarter campaign. ()
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About Why Horror?

Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared.

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Additional Information

Official websites:
www.whyhorror.com
Production country: Canada
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Korean (KO), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/03/2014
Director: Nicolas Kleiman, Rob Lindsay

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