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Horror is as horror does: Susie Moloney on the genre’s ability to ease real-life pain

October 15, 2021June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

“Horror movies really, really distracted me from the most painful time of my life. Alone in the theatre for a couple of hours, being manipulated into screaming, swearing, and tossing my popcorn, I was transported.”

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