DYSTOPIA Entertainment works closely with a research group from Aarhus University, led by Ph.D. Mathias Clasen, postdoc Marc Andersen, and associate professor Uffe Schjødt. Every year we collaborate on a new research project, which aims to investigate why and how people seek out and experience horror. The knowledge we gain is used to design even more frightening experiences. Thus, our events are based on the latest research in behavior, psychology, and evolutionary biology and designed for a maximum fear response.
Below you can read articles and watch videos from our research.
If you are interested in having horror researcher and Ph.D. Mathias Clasen come and give a lecture, please contact us here.
Video
Articles
Danish
DR
Elsker du gys? Sådan skruer du op og ned for din frygt
Videnskab.dk
Forsøg i spøgelseshus i Vejle undersøger, hvordan vi styrer vores frygt
Spøgelseshus i Vejle skræmmer livet af forsøgspersoner
Forsker undersøger 'hjemsøgt hus' i Vejle
Aarhus Universitet
Uhyggeligt forskningssamarbejde med privat virksomhed
Ekstrabladet.dk
Spøgelseshus i Vejle undersøges af forsker
Kino.dk
Ny undersøgelse: gyserfilm gør dig stærkere
Planet Pulp
Why Horror Seduces
Vejle24
Uhyggelig forskning i vejlensisk spøgelseshus
Ugeavisen Kolding
Forsker: God idé at formidle Koldinghus' historie med gys og gru
German
WELT
Warum wir Menschen uns so gerne gruseln
English
NewScientist
Scientists studied a ‘haunted house’ to understand why we love horror
Interacting Minds Centre
Adrenaline junkies and white-knucklers: A quantitative study of fear management in haunted house visitors (abstract)
Science Direct
Adrenaline junkies and white-knucklers: A quantitative study of fear management in haunted house visitors
Arstechnica
Danish haunted-house studies seek to reveal the seductive appeal of horror
Gigazine
Why do people love horror so much?
Religion Dispatches
Why are we drawn to horror?
Earth.com
Why humans love harmless scares
Oxford Scholarship
Why Horror Seduces
Wisconsin Public Radio
Playing With Fear: Why We Love To Be Scared
Radio
Nova - Aftenklubben
Hvorfor opsøger vi horror med Mathias Clasen