the fear of 13

However, it turned out that he was … Instead, “The Fear of 13” stays tight on its narrator’s face and cuts away only to visual accents that evoke the scene indirectly, more to capture the mood than to illustrate the story. The Fear of 13 . The Fear of 13 documents the life of a convicted murderer who spent 21 years on death row in Pennsylvania. Through his own narration, Nick Yarris explains how he tried to convince the court to go ahead and execute him. The Fear of 13 - video review Guardian Director David Sington effectively turns the film over to Yarris, who is allowed to narrate the documentary on-camera and control its … It arises partially from several historical events and cultural traditions. The origins of this fear are unknown but may be connected to the arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307. Many cultures have traditions of unlucky numbers other than 13. 7.58 A Virus Called Fear. Number 13 - Connotations. Just like walking under a ladder, crossing paths with a black cat or breaking a mirror, many people hold fast to the belief that Friday the 13th brings bad luck. Fear of the number 13 can be handled by psychologist using exposure therapy in combination with drugs. The technical name for fear of the number 13 is triskaidekaphobia, and while it is rare, about 9 to 10 percent of Americans are, at the very least, uneasy about the number 13… Fear is apparently a universal emotion; all persons, consciously or unconsciously, have fear in some sort. The fear of the number thirteen didn't come out of nowhere. Related Documentaries. His was one of the first cases taken on by the Innocence Project and he is a prime example of not only the system failing to help someone, but a reason that it should scare the hell out of you. Still, Stuart Vyse, a professor of psychology at Connecticut College in New London, says irrational fears can also be unproductive. Fear of 13. THE FEAR OF 13 is a fine piece of film-making and one that deserves to be seen by all. Some Brazilians are afraid of Friday the thirteenth in August because the Portuguese word for August rhymes with "desgosto", meaning "sorrow" in English. The number 13 wasn't always bad-famed, quite the contrary. Fear of Friday the 13th is known as paraskevidekatriaphobia. The term comes from Greek, where tris means three, kai means and, deka means ten and phobia means fear. Entomophobia – The fear of bugs and insects, also related to Acarophobia. Gephyrophobia – The fear of bridges and crossing even the smallest bridge. Triskaidekaphobia – The fear of the number 13 or the bad luck that follows. The Fear of 13 is the biography of a man, that most of us have never heard of, Nicholas Yarris. Emetophobia – The fear of vomiting and the fear of loss of your self control. 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