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    Why We Need Horror Movies

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    Edwin Tompkins Ms. Allen English 100-010 04/08/2013 Why We Need Horror Movies In “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” Stephen King writes about horror movies‚ why we like them‚ and the purposes they serve us. One of the main reasons he makes in his essay is that he believes that there is a dark and sinister side to all people that craves to see the suffrage and despair of others and that this is why we need these movies. King says that these particular kinds of movies are good in the way that the

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    Why do people have such a strong opinion on horror movies? Anybody you ask about horror are only going to say 2 things about it. People either love horror or hate it‚ and People who love horror can usually understand why people don’t like horror. But when it comes to the people who don’t like horror‚ they have no clue why someone would want to submit themselves to such tragedies. Steven king has proposed three reasons that people love horror‚ and they are to face our fears‚ to feel normal‚ and to

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    Horror Movie Essay

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    of Horror movies Many people would say that their favorite way to have fun is to go to a beautiful beach and build sand castles or hang out with their friends at the mall. But for me‚ put me in a dark theater with a murderous psychopath on the loose threatening teenagers and I am happy. I am a lover of horror movies. This is something that I don’t always tell people‚ because it seems kind of weird to enjoy being scared and grossed out by lots of blood and gore. But in fact‚ I love horror movies

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    night. I was passing along a road leading to my grandmother’s house. I was all alone‚ and very scared. The wind was whistling in the trees overhead. I even heard the cry of a night bird. The road passed by a burial ground. At that time I remembered horror serials I had watched on television. Those fearful stories came into my mind. On the side of the road there was a thorny bush. It was so dark that nothing was visible to the naked eye. As I came near the thorny bush‚ I heard a rushing sound. I was

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    Culture in Horror Films

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    Culture in Horror Films Final Paper The Atomic Bomb‚ Mutations‚ and Aliens in Horror Films Horror films prey upon the mass’s deepest darkest and most vulnerable fears. Horror films can be broken down into an array of subgenres that prey upon different fears of society. From 1945 onward an explosion of mutations‚ aliens‚ and monsters have dominated aspects of horror culture that prey upon peoples fears of nuclear power and its consequences. The fear of nuclear power is the fear of the unknown

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    classic Gothic texts that are incorporated in this corpus. This research question refers to Clive Bloom’s list of significant horror and ghost tales provided in his book Gothic Horror (xiii-xvii). Since fear is part of the emotions of horror as well‚ an intense representation of its linguistic expressions is expected to be found in those works. A certain number of these horror tales were incorporated in the corpus too which were analysed in order to detect the collected words of fear and compare them

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    Kendall Hutchinson October 3‚ 2011 English 102 Steve Sparks Is The Amityville Horror True? Based on a reportedly true story‚ Jay Anson’s‚ The Amityville Horror‚ took the nation by storm. It caught the eye of people mainly because of the subtitle it carried: “A True Story”. Jay Anson wrote this book based on George and Kathleen Lutzes’ claims “that they and their three small children felt threatened from strong supernatural forces while living at 112 Ocean Avenue” (Osuna). However‚ aside from

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    enjoy watching horror films. Watching horror films always have me at the edge of my seat‚ just anticipating for something to happen. The unexpected plots and scenes always gets my adrenaline pumping. Although‚ it seems very cliché with some horror films‚ I still always find myself screaming and yelling. In my opinion‚ I believe that’s the whole point when it comes to watching horror movies. Many of us‚ seek out horror films to get that rush of adrenaline. Although‚ many of these horror movies are not

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    Horror Vs Thriller Analysis

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    Horror and thriller are a long standing favorite media type of our kind. A good scare that lingers in our minds sticks with us in ways other genres do not. The interest can span through movies and novels which both deliver results in different ways. Horrors and thrillers also affect our bodies while watching‚ though also differently. The reasons of why we like to be scared continue to be studied‚ but a few theories have emerged that are all partially accepted. Horrors and thrillers stimulate both

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    Universal Studio Singapore (USS) halloween horror night is an event that will be held every year in the month of October. However‚ it will only be available on the Fridays‚Saturdays as well as Sunday. The theme park will then be designed into a horror place. The theme for every year will be different. This year the theme is set as‚ “Rise As The Blood Moon”. The haunted house this year was something quite relatable and often heard of. For example‚ “Hell House”‚ “The MRT”‚ “Siloso gateway Blk 50” and

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