MOVIES - Oct. 30, 1987
Whether you savor the anticipation and suspense of “Psycho†or the murder and mayhem of “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,†horror films can be good for you, a University of Illinois cinema expert says, because there are few genres of film that play with our emotions as effectively as horror films. “These movies are a way of seeing our fears dealt with in a manageable way,†associate film professor Richard Leskosky said. “It has a satisfying effect in the sense we have confronted our worst fears and coped with them. We have seen these horrors and we come out OK.â€
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