What is Horror, and What Does Consent Have To Do With It?

I love horror. I love scary movies, scary video games, and haunted houses. Completely by accident, my TikTok feed has ended up being videos of people recording ghosts in their houses, because the almighty algorithm had me pegged as a fan of the spooky in less than 24 hours. I have spent a lot of time thinking about horror, what it means, and why we engage with it. My wife, for example, hates anything scary. She has no interest in scary movies and went with me once to a “Haunted Trail” in the Minneapolis exurbs in our first year together. I think my wife’s…