For 15 years, psychology professor Philip John Tyson has been teaching classes on phobias. At the start of every semester, he asks his students the same question: What are you afraid of? Students ...

Research reveals why clowns often elicit extreme fear. If watching Pennywise in the movie “It” was utterly terrifying for you, you are not alone. A 2022 study conducted globally found that ...

The weekly cartoon caption contest in the New Yorker magazine is what retired Judge Glen Reiser calls "a thing." It attracts more than 5,000 entries every week. Roger Ebert, the late film critic, ...

They didn't start out to scare anyone. Clowns have held a favored, albeit slightly outcast place throughout history – first, as comic relief to those in power, performing magic tricks, pranks or ...

While for many they represent joy and laughter, for others, these performers can trigger genuine panic and distress. If that sounds familiar, you might be experiencing something known as coulrophobia ...

This is one of over 50 films to date rooted in individuals' fear of clowns, known as coulrophobia. Obviously this is not my specialist area and the only article I’ve ever written about clown ...

But most clowns aren’t trying to be odd. They’re trying to be silly and sweet, fun personified. So the question is, when did the clown, supposedly a jolly figure of innocuous, kid-friendly ...

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No one I've checked with knows the origin of the word coulrophobia, the term for maladaptive fear of clowns. I've searched many sources, checked with various professionals, and asked a Twitter army of ...

For cinema lovers who grew up in the '80s and '90s, and especially those who were exposed to or had a liking for the horror genre, they will recall an irrational fear of clowns in the air. Most people ...