Just recently some children were talking about scary movies that they liked -- Freddie v. Jason, Paranormal Activity, and so on. Once again some of the girls mentioned how they thought Chucky was scary. I told them that horror movies were dumb and not good for their imagination, but they laughed it off. I know my cousins and I were fascinated with horror movies when we were young, although I don't remember deriving any pleasure from experiencing fear. Their parents probably watched horror movies when they were young as well, but what is psychological effect of watching all of this brute violence and death?