25 people completed my survey on horror films on Survey monkey and here are the results from my quantitative questions:
3. This tells me that people (mostly female) watch a horror film for the suspense alone, not knowing what will happen next although in most films these days anyone can have a pretty good guess on what will happen. 68% of people said that they want a plot in a horror film to get them to the cinema or DVD outlet, a good plot twist makes a good film. Terror on the viewers' mind seems to get over half of the surveyees to the cinema too. I felt pretty mentally tortured watching "A Serbian Film" and "The Human Centipede 2".
4. Over 3 quarters of surveyees expect a scare when watching a horror film (after all it's what horror films were made for). When I was 7 I watched the 2003 remake of the texas chainsaw massacre and felt scared that leatherface would come and kill me in my sleep with a chainsaw! To be honest Horror films do not scare as much as they used to (in my opinion), I like a horror film that leaves me feeling disgusted and scared.
5. The fact that most people would rather watch a horror with others around shows me that they are easily scared and terrified by horror movies. To some people watching a horror film alone if they're easily scared (especially with the lights off) gives them an adrenaline rush that is like heroin, it is so addictive and feels good.
6. This shows me that even though horror films are intended to scare people they don't give them a "real" scare by preying on their phobias, an example of this would be arachnophobia in which a tarantula is used in filming to prey on people's fear of spiders.
7. This shows me that watching a horror film in the dark gives people that adrenaline rush, dark is associated with fear and death and sets a mood when watching a horror film, a lot of people like that.
You have posted evidence of your audience research and have ensured, therefore, that everything is up to date. I would have liked to have seen further comment on what you think your survey results actually tell you rather than just having the results posted in chart format. I am sorry to say you have not done enough to maintain your title as Power Blogger!
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