I don’t often do this, but I came across a couple of interesting articles about horror on IGN that seemed share-worthy.
This one is about the strange, counter-intuitive appeal of horror movies:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/09/the-curious-appeal-of-horror-movies
I find this subject very interesting as a psychological study, and until I write my long-gestating article about how different types of horror fiction work on different people, this will have to be a placeholder.
This second article falls in line with that, and goes into how horror video games affect us differently than horror movies:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/09/body-of-fear-how-your-body-keeps-you-playing-horror-games
Limited appeal perhaps, but if you’re reading this site I’d wager you’re about halfway there.