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Drawing on terror management theory (TMT), three experiments examined the impact of mortality threat on nostalgic entertainment experiences. Study 1 ( N  = 98) validated the stimuli used to elicit three different types of threat: mortality, isolation, and illness. Study 2 ( N  = 464) found no impact of these threats on participants’ entertainment preferences. Consistent with TMT, Study 3 ( N  = 906) found that participants experienced a deeper sense of appreciation and solace when they watched a movie under mortality threat. However, these effects only occurred for a lighthearted movie with nostalgic qualities (i.e., Pixar’s  Toy Story ) and not for a meaningful movie with death-related themes (i.e., Pixar’s  Onward ). The results illustrated the need for entertainment theorists to adopt a more expansive conceptualization of meaningfulness.

Finding refuge in reverie: The terror management function of nostalgic entertainment experiences