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This makes me remember how I had an epiphany recently about the different nature of horror for men and women when watching Rosemary's Baby. Watching it, it became clear to me that it was written to be horror for women: the terrifying part is not the satanism and all that, it's the main character not being believed, having her concerns dismissed and ignored.
Then, thinking about what is horror distinctly for men, it was clear and obvious: watching helpless while watching loved ones suffer/die. With emphasis on the helplessness. I think this is why descriptions like that sequence you and Walterodim mention affect men so strongly. Helplessness is the central nerve of horror in men, and failure to protect loved ones is its strongest stimuli.
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