Horror
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Despite its purpose to scare and terrify, the horror genre is not immune to moviegoers falling in love with its characters. Except that love is crushed when writers and filmmakers kill off those who audiences identify most with. Instead of crying tears of fear, the saddest horror deaths elicit tears of mourning. Long-running franchises with high body counts submit to audience rankings of which deaths were the "best" or the most violent, while one-off movies tend to garner a more emotional response. However, these dejected feelings don't last long as adrenaline refuels the edge-of-your-seat thrills.