Is it wrong to watch depictions of sadism and violence? If the experience of reading and watching horror is unpleasant, why do we subject ourselves to it? What do works of horror have to teach us about the nature of the self, free will, and the scope of moral responsibility? This course will explore these questions through a discussion of literature and film, as well as the works of Aristotle, David Hume, and contemporary philosophers such as Noël Carroll.