Ochlophobia going to sports games, or going to the mall. Ochlophobia Ochlophobia ("Fear of Crowds") and demophobia ("Fear of Unruly Mobs") are terms for types of social phobia or social anxiety disorder whose sufferers have a fear of crowds. Sufferers may offer various rationalizations of the phobia, such as the fear being trampled in a crowd, getting a deadly disease from people within the crowd, getting lost in the crowd, or feeling insignificant when surrounded by a crowd. People who are shy and introverted are most likely to experience ochlophobia, but not all introverts have anxiety problems. Ochlophobic people are often
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear The Fifth Horseman Is Fear The Fifth Horseman Is Fear () is a 1965 Czechoslovak New Wave film about the Holocaust that was directed by Zbyněk Brynych. Instead of depicting gas chambers and concentration camps, the film examines the subtler but equally debilitating mental effects of oppression. Restricted by government censorship, Brynych's uses national socialism as a metaphor to speak out against Soviet socialism, highlighting the evils of both oppressive regimes. When it was released in America in 1968, the film was highly praised by critics. "Time" magazine said it was a "superlatively photographed film," and Roger Ebert wrote, "A