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Think of thrillers more like rollercoaster rides - they’re fun because they’re exciting and sometimes scary
Horror is more like haunted houses, they’re fun because they’re scary, which is sometimes exciting
This is the interesting thing about genres - they’re often abstract and can blur definitions easily. The same way we don’t consider a hot dog or a pop tart a sandwich, even though you can often find the definition of a sandwich in each.
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