Hi! My name is Mulle. I’m currently enrolled in the Master’s Degree Programme in English at Aarhus University. This semester, I will be interning at the Recreational Fear Lab — something I’ve been dreaming about since my first encounter with the study of horror in 2023, when I enrolled in a course on evolutionary horror studies. Since then, I’ve explored the appeals of scary media during scary times in my BA project as well as written a short blog post for the Recreational Fear Lab’s website, based on this project.

Growing up, I never imagined I would become someone with an interest in the topic of horror and horror research — I’ve always been a bit of a scaredy-cat, if I’m honest. Yet part of me is inexplicably drawn to that which scares me, a conundrum that recreational fear studies might help us better understand. Perhaps that is part of the reason I’ve taken an interest in horror studies: to better understand not only the world around me, but myself.

When not engaged in studies, I enjoy playing video games with my fiancée, with whom I’ve spent many long nights shooting and backstabbing zombies in horror-themed games like Dead Island, Resident Evil, and The Last of Us. When October comes, I like to read Stephen King and go for walks among the fallen, yellow leaves with music or a podcast in my ears — nothing quite beats that autumn vibe. While I don’t have a traditional pet, I do have a growing collection of spiders, all of whom I love dearly despite that love rarely being reciprocated — there’s not a lot going on behind those eight confused-looking eyes.

During my internship, I look forward to meeting new, interesting people and learning even more about recreational fear in the company of my wonderful colleagues.