Our desire to experience fear, it seems, is rooted deep in our evolutionary past and can still benefit us today. Scary play, it turns out, can help us overcome fears and face new challenges those that surface in our own lives and others that arise in the increasingly disturbing world we all live in.

Personality Traits and Horror\n\n Martin found certain personality traits in his literature review that were associated with the enjoyment of horror. They included sensation seeking, empathy, need for affect, and the dark triad.