The movie Contagion opens with a montage that will provoke fear in anyone adhering to CDC social distancing guidelines: uncovered coughing, feverish-looking people crowded in subways and the sick ...

Movies like Contagion help us experience and manage emotions by making the dangers seem possible to defeat. When we watch a scary movie—especially if we identify with the hero—we get "proof" that we ...

Contagion is reportedly now the second-most-streamed movie behind Harry Potter. Why watch a movie that scares us when we have a pandemic in real life? Because it can increase feelings of safety and ...