Hi! My name is Sofie. I am currently doing my MA in English and I am looking forward to intern at the Recreational Fear Lab this semester.

I used to be a terrible wimp of a child and young teenager when it came to anything horror related. I remember once at a birthday party, we watched Insidious and I swore off engaging with anything horror related forever. However, this changed as I grew older. I have always been a huge book lover, and one day, I decided to pick up a thriller book, which became my gateway into also loving horror books. I have since been branching out into seeking all the jump scare and goosebump inducing media.

Today, I have no problem with watching, experiencing, or reading horror. I find it very interesting to see people’s reactions to horror, and I am especially interested in why people are afraid of, yet fascinated by, specific monsters.

So, when I found out that I had the opportunity to enroll in a course about recreational fear, I did not hesitate to pick it. The course, and the subsequent opportunities to become a research assistant at Dystopia Haunted House and Viborg Horror Run, really piqued my interest in the lab, and I asked to intern with the hope of learning more about the relationship between fear and fun.