![]() Often filmmakers will lean into these legends, and some might even playfully invent so-terrifying-you'll-die urban legends to come pre-packed with an unopened film. Throughout horror history, multiple films have garnered - often unsubstantiated - legends about how they caused audiences to faint, to vomit, to riot, to go insane, or to die from fright. ![]() The most successful movies have the capacity to leave a viewer feeling wary and uncertain about the world around them, and, in the below cases, leave them feeling physically sick. The genre of horror, after all, seeks to engage with the audience's fear and anxiety, allowing audiences to explore their darker emotional spaces while in the safety of a movie theater. There is perhaps no greater honor a horror filmmaker can receive than to hear that their film made audiences physically ill.
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