Why We Crave Horror Movies

Almost every young person craves horror movies and roller coasters Once a person reaches a certain age, their craving for horror movies decreases. King believes everyone is mentally ill, but those who are outside the asylums hide it better. People pay to watch new horror movies to feel the adrenaline. If a person does not have an interest in horror movies, then they have a replacement to feel the adrenaline such as roller coasters. Horror movies or roller coasters can make a person insane, but keep them sane as well. Horror movies keep the audience on their toes almost during the whole movie. In “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen King, he mentions, “The fun comes from seeing other menaced-sometimes killed” (522). Watching a person get murdered makes the audience crave more because of the adrenaline. Especially when the murder is unexpected and scary. Then the audience enjoyed it so much, they want more and cannot wait for the next murder. When I have
The author implies that, “Which is not to say that a really good horror movie may not surprise a scream out of us at some point, the way we may scream when a roller coaster twists through a complete 360 or plows through a lake at the bottom of the drop” (King 522). Roller coasters make one expect the unexpected because one knows there are loops and drops,but one still gets scared. A person can feel adrenaline throughout the whole ride. Some roller coasters, such as X2, ride backwards, so one cannot see what lies ahead. There are unexpected turns and flips which make a person scream, but it is a joyful scream. If a person watches Final Destination before riding a roller coaster, then the person will scare themselves. In one of the movies of Final Destination, everyone who rode a roller coaster died because it broke down. Every time I ride a roller coaster I think about that movie and I get scared, I feel so much adrenaline that I crave roller coasters even