Download or read book Cinematic Emotion in Horror Films and Thrillers written by Julian Hanich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hanich looks at fear at the movies – its aesthetics, its experience and its pleasures--in this thought-provoking study. Looking at over 150 different films including Seven, Rosemary's Baby, and Silence of the Lambs, Hanich attempts to answer the paradox of why we enjoy films that thrill us, that scare us, that threaten us, that shock us –affects that we otherwise desperately wish to avoid.