1. Bloodcurdling movies and measures of coagulation: Fear Factor ...
16 dec 2015 · In young and healthy adults, watching bloodcurdling movies is associated with an increase in blood coagulant factor VIII without actual thrombin formation.
Objective To assess whether, as has been hypothesised since medieval times, acute fear can curdle blood. Design Crossover trial. Setting Main meeting room of Leiden University’s Department of Clinical Epidemiology, the Netherlands, converted to a makeshift cinema. Participants 24 healthy volunteers aged ≤30 years recruited among students, alumni, and employees of the Leiden University Medical Center: 14 were assigned to watch a frightening (horror) movie followed by a non-threatening (educational) movie and 10 to watch the movies in reverse order. The movies were viewed more than a week apart at the same time of day and both lasted approximately 90 minutes. Main outcome measures The primary outcome measures were markers, or “fear factors” of coagulation activity: blood coagulant factor VIII, D-dimer, thrombin-antithrombin complexes, and prothrombin fragments 1+2. The secondary outcome was participant reported fear experienced during each movie using a visual analogue fear scale. Results All participants completed the study. The horror movie was perceived to be more frightening than the educational movie on a visual analogue fear scale (mean difference 5.4, 95% confidence interval 4.7 to 6.1). The difference in factor VIII levels before and after watching the movies was higher for the horror movie than for the educational movie (mean difference of differences 11.1 IU/dL (111 IU/L), 95% confidence interval 1.2 to 21.0 IU/dL). The effect of either movie on levels of t...
2. Blood-curdling new Scream VI posters reveal the line-up of potential killers
14 feb 2023 · The ripping new Scream 6 posters (there's a truly unlucky 13 in total) will have you agonising as to the identity of the killer, or killers.
The ripping new Scream 6 posters (there's a truly unlucky 13 in total) will have you agonising as to the identity of the killer, or killers...
3. The Ten Most Blood-Curdling, Heart-Pounding Movie Screams of ...
31 dec 2018 · Ranked below are the ten most powerful, earth-shaking, soul-wrenching verbal utterances we heard in theaters this year.
You scream, I scream, we all scream, because everything is terrible.
4. That Scream Really Did Curdle Your Blood - Pacific Standard
17 dec 2015 · Researchers writing in the British Medical Journal report that watching a fear-inducing film apparently creates a certain level of coagulation of one's blood.
Researchers find a physical basis for a popular metaphor.
5. Horror health warning? Scary films really can curdle the blood
17 dec 2015 · Dutch study finds watching a frightening movie lifts level of protein factor VIII, which contributes to blood clotting.
Dutch study finds watching a frightening movie lifts level of protein factor VIII, which contributes to blood clotting
6. Devilish Movies this Spooky Season: a Lilly Library@Bishop's House ...
23 okt 2024 · Or do you perhaps prefer a Folk Horror classic? Then travel back to 18th century England and experience the terror of Blood on Satan's Claw.
Annual Halloween guest post by Stephen Conrad Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Baphomet, the Antichrist, Father of Lies, Moloch—however you name or summon him—the Devil rightfully plays a primary role in many fine horror movies. This spooky season of 2024 let’s survey a few of Duke Library’s more Satanic film holdings! A few outright classics should certainly … Continue reading Devilish Movies this Spooky Season: a Lilly Library@Bishop’s House Collection Spotlight →
7. X: everything you need to know about the new Ti West horror movie
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Ishana Night Shyamalan takes up the family business of suspense-filled moviemaking with this frightening fable starring Dakota Fanning.
