Show Notes

Resource 1:

Title: Top 50 scariest movies of 2025 (and Fright Night Physiology)

Publication: WISN.com / Science of Scare Project

Link: https://www.wisn.com/article/top-50-scariest-movies-2025/69140286

Resource 2:

Title: Heart Rate Variability as a Key to Regulation and Stress

Author: D. N. Solomon

Publication: Psychology Today

Link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-narrative-nurse-practitioner/202412/heart-rate-variability-as-a-key-to-regulation-and

Resource 3:

Title: Haunted House, Healthy Heart

Publication: Business Health Trust

Link: https://businesshealthtrust.com/news_insights/haunted-house-healthy-heart/

Resource 4:

Title: Why Do We Love Being Scared? The Science Behind Horror Movies

Author: A. Bennett

Publication: Promega Connections

Link: https://www.promegaconnections.com/the-science-behind-horror-movies/

Resource 5:

Title: Playing With Fear: A Field Study in Recreational Horror

Authors: M. M. Andersen, A. Coltan, et al.

Publication: PMC (via Emotion)

Link: httpss://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7734554/

Resource 6:

Title: Scared together: Heart rate synchrony and social closeness in a high-intensity horror setting

Authors: M. M. Andersen, et al.

Publication: PubMed (via Psychological Science)

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40720311/

Resource 7:

Title: I tracked my heart rate through the 10 haunted houses of Halloween Horror Nights...

Author: K. Weekman

Publication: Yahoo.com

Link: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/article/i-tracked-my-heart-rate-through-the-10-haunted-houses-of-halloween-horror-nights-heres-what-scared-me-most-180025551.html