How do you account for the popularity of horror films? Discuss.

Horror films have to be, by far, my favorite type of movies. I think it's the thrill and adrenaline jolt we get from watching the movies that make them so popular. Some things that happen in the movie are just so ridiculous that we watch them. My favorite horrow movie of all time is the original Exorcist, because the things that happened in that movie are just so ridiculous. I know the first time I watched that movie was with my dad at midnight and I was so scared because I had never seen anything like that type of film before. Someone was explaining the movie to me one day and I was like wow, I want to rent that, so my dad and I went to blockbuster and rented all three Exorcist movies. For one thing, the other two are nothing compared to the first, they are less scary and make no sense. Barely anything that happens in horror movies ever happens in life so that's what makes them so popular.