Over the years, countless films have been made with the central theme of scaring the viewer. What is fear? According to Merriam-Webster, fear can be defined as the fear of someone or something. When studying horror films, it is important to know the definition of fear and horror. “Horror dares to say that all is not well. Control over being has never been ours…something else, rather than something else, is at work…The function of horror is incredibly simple. It reminds us that we are not alone” (Yeats). Horror films abound and the idea of ​​being scared continues to bring people back to the cinema only to relive that unpleasant journey but with a new plot and new characters. What makes these movies scary? Why are people attracted to horror films? Why are some older horror films remade and others not? When these films are remade, why do some succeed and others not? During the 1970s and 1980s, the horror genre thrived in the film industry. Films about ghosts, werewolves, demons, psychopaths and serial killers attracted teenagers to gather at the cinema to spend their hard-earned money, only to be scared half to death. Today we find the same thing, even thirty years later. Why? Why do people like to be afraid? Some people enjoy the stress of fear, but only for the safe environment they find themselves in. If they were in the real situation, they would behave differently than in the closed environments of the cinema. As stated previously, it is the lack of control that scares us. This is why when you watch a horror movie in the cinema, the moments that come to mind scare you the most, because you have no control over them. However, the moments that scare you are when… in the center of the card… around and stands as a guideline of morality. If you do something wrong, he will get you. Hollywood knows that the fear of not being able to control something is a fear that lives in the hearts of most of us. Hollywood will continue to make horror films that feed on this fear, and people will come back to see more of them because they like it. The Boogeyman will never die. It simply transforms into a new situation. The Boogeyman is a personified consequence of any action taken. Works Cited 1) A Nightmare on Elm Street. Director Wes Craven. New Line Cinema, 1984. DVD.2) Vidler, Anthony. The architectural uncanny: essays on the modern uncanny. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1992. Print.3) A bogeyman with supernatural powers. By: McCabe, Nancy, Newsweek, 00289604, 10/17/2005, vol. 146, number 164) Ingram, Shelley. “The uncanny and the abject”. PowerPoint presentation. 2014