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Texas Tech Researcher Turns Lab into a Real Thriller

Lucy Greenberg

October 31, 2024

TTU DIA faculty Elizabeth Acosta inside part of the PeARL lab

Elizabeth Acosta and the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts are discovering what makes a jump scare, scary.

Elizabeth Acosta remembers the moment she fell in love with horror films. 

She was living outside of Chicago during elementary school when her mother suggested they watch “The Others” starring Nicole Kidman.

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