The current state of horror is different than the classic horror. It affects a person psychologically and mentally due to its realism. It can happen to anyone, anywhere, during the time you least expected it. Such as terrorism, it happens without our knowledge and it could affect in a lost of family members or even yourselves. The closer it is to our everyday life, the bigger the impact. 9/11 for example caused the world to drop their jaw in horror. Everyone can only ask, "Is this happening? Is this a movie?"
It is hard to believe, the shock, the despair. It is overwhelming. When the World Trade Center is burning, people who are desperate jumped of the building. It produces many crackling or crunching sounds of bodies being smashed on the concrete floor. Some firemen on the scene could not even handle the horror and either puked or left the scene immediately. This shows how much impact a current state of horror could do to a person state of mind. In fact, the impact is harsher than the classic horror.
This current state of horror is a popular choice for horror game nowadays. Such as game on murderer chasing you or terrorist attack. Such example is Clock Tower series horror game where the main character is being chased by the murderer who massacred many people, helpless. It is a terrifying game as based on reality, we do not have much weapon against a cold-blooded veteran murderer. Our brain commands us to run and hide, and when we get spotted, we fell on hysterical outburst.

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