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Dec 24 15 10:29 PM
What started off as a fitting phrase has now become a reality, as medical researchers based at Leiden University in the Netherlands have suggested that watching a horror movie actually increases the chances of getting a blood clot. So scary films can literally curdle your blood. You couldn’t make this stuff up.Two sets of volunteers were asked to watch either the horror movie Insidious, or a completely plain, boring, or “non-frightening” (to use the report’s words) documentary on the French wine industry. Riveting. Before all you horror buffs go all Speedy Gonzales on your keyboards with rage, the movie was chosen because it is “consistently scary, rather than building up to a climax, and it was unlikely to have been seen by the volunteers.” And before all you French wine enthusiasts get maddened… well, sorry, it’s just boring. Blood samples were taken from each group, and the level of protein factor VIII (which goes a long way to causing blood clots in the veins) in each revealed a significant correlation between it and the horror movie.
What started off as a fitting phrase has now become a reality, as medical researchers based at Leiden University in the Netherlands have suggested that watching a horror movie actually increases the chances of getting a blood clot. So scary films can literally curdle your blood.
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Two sets of volunteers were asked to watch either the horror movie Insidious, or a completely plain, boring, or “non-frightening” (to use the report’s words) documentary on the French wine industry. Riveting.
Before all you horror buffs go all Speedy Gonzales on your keyboards with rage, the movie was chosen because it is “consistently scary, rather than building up to a climax, and it was unlikely to have been seen by the volunteers.” And before all you French wine enthusiasts get maddened… well, sorry, it’s just boring.
Blood samples were taken from each group, and the level of protein factor VIII (which goes a long way to causing blood clots in the veins) in each revealed a significant correlation between it and the horror movie.
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