Subtly Terrifying, Just Like Real Life
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In a market in which each thriller seeks to outdo the last, âThe Orphanageâ relies on implication rather than evisceration.
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Some days it&#39;s hard to imagine how the news from Iraq can get any worse, although it has a way of doing just that with unsettling regularity.
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This strange, beautiful play by Jorge Ignacio CortiÃ±as is set in that hazy place between the person you are and the person you want to be, or could be, or are in danger of becoming.
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Action? Check. Sci-fi suspense? Check. Zombified vampires roaming post-apocalyptic streets? Check. A satisfyingly brainy ending that stays true to the story's source? Not so fast.
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Anticipating a gruesome or traumatic event makes it more vivid and deeply imprinted in the memory, a study says.
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Mira Nairâs âThe Namesakeâ conveys a palpable sense of people as living, breathing creatures who are far more complex than their words might indicate.
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The stories seem strange but riveting. A heart attack victim recalls floating in the air, watching paramedics revive him. A surgical patient remembers hovering, watching the doctors operate. Such widely reported out-of-body experiences have long been the territory of theology, philosophy and scary movies. Now scientists have turned their attention to the topic.
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The most profound insights to emerge from the pursuit of synthetic life just may be about real life.
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Looking at someone who is scared triggers a brain response that tells you to be afraid too, say researchers.
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A tribute to the art of scaring people--all the way to the bank.
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Imagining hundreds of outage-related micro-dramas unfolding simultaneously.
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Some are unusual but compelling, while others are rather gruesome.
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Also: Scientists activate that creepy feeling. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Be afraid, kids, be very afraid (but not that afraid), with these old  chillers, whose terror is (mostly) off screen.
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MILAN What is exciting, occasionally thrilling and often scary - but makes you dream? The answer is travel. And now that global terrorism has laced voyages with a frisson of fear, perhaps it was inevitable
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When the weather outside is frightful, having warm blood is quite delightful.
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Forgot scary movies. Horror video games loaded with zombies and other monsters will really make your skin crawl.