Coltan Scrivner

It is a lot of playing.

And in a safe way, right?

That's the important part.

I've had a lot of people break up after a trip to a haunted house.

I have a study I haven't published yet where we look at exactly that.

Relationship satisfaction after a haunted house.

based on how the men and women in those relationships responded during the holiday.

From about early 1990s is when we have comprehensive data.

Doubled around COVID.

Achieved its highest share ever.

I think it was around 12%.

I just checked about three or four weeks ago.

Horror was at like 17%.

And it's the only genre that's really had like an upward spike in the last...

Yeah.

So to answer that question first, yes, I think that's some of it.

When you live in a safe world, your mind is saying, well, why is nothing bad happening?

And you're hearing, okay, all this bad stuff is happening around the world, but I'm not seeing it where I am, so maybe I'm just unprepared.

Maybe other people are plotting against me, and they're trying to keep their aggression secret from me.

Yes.