How do High School Students Describe Fear when Watching Horror Movies with a Sympathetic Villain?

High school students were asked to watch 2 horror movie clips, one featuring a sympathetic villain and the other featuring a purely evil villain. A sympathetic villain could be defined as a character that induce sympathy from the audience. While purely evil villains are selfish villains with no intentions besides causing destruction.

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2025-08-04
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https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29825537
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High school students were asked to watch 2 horror movie clips, one featuring a sympathetic villain and the other featuring a purely evil villain. A sympathetic villain could be defined as a character that induce sympathy from the audience. While purely evil villains are selfish villains with no intentions besides causing destruction.

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