本研究解析當代東、西方混合式恐怖文本特有的特質－展現性與宿命性，再以實驗法從特質檢視情緒效果。並探討劇情內容感知真實程度與觀看的恐懼感對娛樂的影響，以及恐怖電影的情緒持續效果。研究發現，因果報應觀念的恐怖電影能帶給觀眾較高的欣賞感。因果報應搭配本體恐懼情境有最佳欣賞感。恐懼感無法作為恐怖電影對娛樂體驗之中介。閱聽人的感知真實程度能調節宿命性與欣賞感之關係。感知真實程度越高，欣賞感會越高。觀後的恐懼感會隨時間降低，享樂與欣賞則會經過思考與後設評估而逐漸提高。

This research analysis the modern horror film to find out their traits, appearance and predestination. Then, examine the effects of these two traits on audience’s entertainment experience. Also, this research test some variables which may influence the reactions, including fear and perceived realism to make the experiment more comprehensive.

The experimental method was used to know their immediate fear, enjoyment, appreciation, and some variables. Also sent questionnaire to the subjects to get the meta-emotion after two days. According to the results, the “karma” of predestination induced more appreciation. The “horror” of appearance and “karma” of predestination can induce audience’s appreciation. Fear can’t mediate between the horror film and entertainment experience. The perceived realism moderate the predestination and appreciation. Also, we found that the more perceived realism, the more appreciation. Over all, fear of horror films will decrease over time. In contrast, enjoyment and appreciation will increase.