The only thing that bothers me about this book is that it wasn’t released through a mainstream publisher. This book is absolutely amazing, and every horror fan or person (like me) who was/is afraid of horror movies will love this book. I’ve read a few books on the psychology of horror because I only recently got into horror movies in the last few years because of my girlfriend, and it’s just super interesting to me. Mathias Clasen has written one of the best books I’ve read on the topic and dives into so much fascinating research about why we love or hate horror, what makes good horror, why horror movies don’t get enough respect, and even introducing kids to horror to increase their resilience. Top-to-bottom, this book is fantastic, and it should be on some big best seller lists because I know a ton of people would appreciate it in the horror communities.