The Fascinating Psychology of Scary Faces
Stuart Vyse, Skeptical Inquirer
In an effort to extend the Halloween season, I recently watched the 1960 French horror film Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes without a Face) directed by Georges Franju, and it got me thinking about scary faces. In the world of horror and suspense films, the human face is a common locus of fear and anxiety, but why faces? What's so frightening about faces?