[Discussion] Would people still be afraid of the dark if horror movies/stories never existed?

[Yanks]

What do you think?

 

[Shichi]

Yes I believe so. Being of afraid of the dark is a natural fear.

 

[Yanks]

Yes I believe so. Being of afraid of the dark is a natural fear.

Being afraid of what could be lurking the dark is a natural fear imo

 

[Shichi]

Being afraid of what could be lurking the dark is a natural fear imo

I think it's being afraid of not seeing XD

 

[-Punk-]

Just the thought of not seeing anything is scary so yeah .....i think so .

 

[Aresfour]

when u grow in ur mid 20s, u stop being afraid of the dark.. but some people take longer to grow out of it

 

[neilson]

Nope people wouldn't be afraid of the dark, it would be roamed like nothing is there, its all about orientation, and that's all I Can say.

 

[KGB Kakuzu]

Yes. Historically and instinctively, humanity does mot set on the top of the food chain. During our earliest days (before fire) night time was when predators would strike out at us...as a result, human kind resorted to banding together to increase survival rates.

While it isn't as prevalent, we still instinctually fear the night if we are in fact outside and even more so alone.

 

[SmittenKitten]

Most definitely.
Humans have always feared what they can't see or understand.

 

[Kurama2012]

a fear of dark isnt formed by horror movies its formed by the fear of the unknown

 

[EnDash]

i think that horror movies and stories came because of the fear of the dark. not the opposite.

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
H. P. Lovecraft

 

[BestFriendsForever]

Yes, I think they would. Fear of dark has existed even before movie was invented. It's all in out brains... U_U

 

[Jenga]

Well i think yes, not for me tho , im not afraid of any silly things that maybe "lurking" in the dark because they don't exist.
My only fear is crocodiles.
Rest idgaf about them.

 

[Alice in Noodleland]

I'm afraid of the dark not because of Monsters but because I feel so ALONE.

 

[YowYan]

Most definitely.
Humans have always feared what they can't see or understand.

Pretty much this.

 

[Fapulous]

Scary movies are based in the dark because people have a natural fear of the dark, or a fear of the unknown.

We don't know what could be/ is hiding in the dark, which is why so many people are afraid of the dark.

 

[Nous]

Of course! The dark is a natural fear - humans fear what we don't kno or understand.

 

[Jack Spicer]

Maybe not. I doubt it. Movies are, generally, what puts the idea in people's head to begin with. Then again, someone had to think that idea up and thus could tell it in story form. So, maybe yeah, we'd still be afraid.

 

[Stark]

The fear would lessen, but movies and stories play a big 95% role in people fearing the dark.

 

[Atalaya]

I'm just scared of the dark in general, can't remember any horror movies I've watched.
So I'm positive that it's pretty safe to say that we'd still be fraid.