The white knucklers, according to Scrivner, are people who tend to clench their fists in fear when presented with something scary; going through a haunted house, for instance. “They get kind of a learning experience from this,” the researcher suggested. “So horror, whether it's a movie or a book or a haunted house, kind of offers them a chance to push their boundaries and learn the limits of their fear and really learn, like, how they respond when they're afraid.”
The third group of horror fans—the dark copers—use horror and dark themes to work through certain existential problems or emotional states, such as anxiety or fear.
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