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In one of the more infamous experiments from the annals of psychology, two Johns Hopkins University researchers in 1920, conditioned a nine-month old infant dubbed “Albert B” to fear toys he’d previously enjoyed, by associating them with scary sounds — a hammer striking a suspended steel bar. This was stark, if highly unethical, empirical evidence ofContinue reading “10 Scary Classical Music Pieces”

There are two things you might expect to scream like banshees — heavy metal screamers and well, banshees.  Horror and metal share an affinity for the macabre and both frequently subject their audiences to unimaginable abuse (check out this toe-tapper Day 69 by the death metal band Decapitated) and both receive critical drubbings in the press. Metal’sContinue reading “Six Metal Musicians Acting in Horror Films”