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Alex Neill - the Paradox of Tragedy

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The Dark Side of Horror Movies

Alex Neal: We are the kinds of creature who can take pleasure in experiencing emotions of being thrilled or being shocked. He says critics of one sort of art form refer to pleasure, they don't when they're talking about the othersort of art form. But he adds that if you read a good movie critic on a horror movie, you'll find that there is indeed references to being thrilled to being delighted.

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