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    Donqua Williams Effects of Horror movies in the society If you were to take a survey of how many people like to watch horror movies‚ I’m pretty sure most people wouldn’t choose horror films. According to Sparks‚ watching horrifying films will cause physical reactions such as sweaty pants‚ tense muscles‚ a spike in blood pressure and/or an increase in heart rate. Some people don’t like to watch horror movies because they have bad dreams or don’t like sleeping in the dark alone. Parents

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    weight. You indeed burn calories when you watch horror flicks but not that substantial. In a recent study conducted by a university in the United Kingdom‚ depending on the movie‚ you can burn close to 200 calories. Watching scary movies is perhaps one of the most entertaining ways to burn calories! **IT SOOTHES YOU: According to another study done in New York‚ horror movies allow you to engage in an experience where you are in control. In some ways horror movies provide a soothing factor. While it can

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    dies down to its peaceful way once more‚ but usually not in a horror or comedy. Throughout the history of horror and comedy movies‚ the plots usually ended on that climactic scene and had most of the movie be the foundation for that climax. As time went on‚ plot structures of the two genres started to develop and one could see that they help convey their tone similarly yet differently at times. The History of Horror To most people‚ horror is the genre that makes them become gregariously incautious

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    Why we still crave in horror movie when we are scare? In Stephen King’s Article it mention three main points. The first one is showing our courage‚ that we are not afraid in horror movie. It doesn’t mean that we don’t scream. In contrast‚ we scream when the roller coaster twists through a complete 360. Horror movie just like roller coaster‚ if it can’t make us scream only means the movie is not excited enough. The second one is to ensure that we are normal. To confirm that although we are

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    Horror Movies have a dirty job” Some people daydream and have deep dark secrets. There may be a time when you dream about getting even with someone or something. Horror movies do have a “dirty job to do”. The more thrilling and exciting the more it grabs your attention. I believe horror movies are to play off natural fearsome. King likes to dare your nightmares. Most of Mr. King’s movies come from childhood fear or things he has experienced himself. And other things are just his imagination

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    Horror movies are a waste of time When I walk into a movie theater and I hear the scary climatic music‚ coming from inside of one of the theaters. I see people running out of the theater that cannot handle the gore with their eyes shut tight. To think that they just paid eight dollars to have an unpleasant two hours watching only a fraction of the horror movie. They probably watched about 50 cents if you divided the money into the time the movie

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    HORROR WRITING WORKSHEET This worksheet will hopefully teach you the basics of writing a scary story – coming up with a frightening idea‚ making your characters come to life and turning their world upside down in a rollercoaster plot! But always remember the first rule of writing: Don’t get bogged down by the rules‚ just play around‚ have fun and write something that you find scary and entertaining! Part 1: Facing Your Nightmares! One of the most important things about writing a horror

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    Jewel Seng FILM COMEDY FINAL PAPER-East Asian Horror Comedy Date: 16th Dec 2013 Authors‚ readers‚ and those in literary circles use the term ’genre ’ to classify the different modes of expression used in individual works of literature. The importance of this term can most easily be understood when examining the human tendency to classify the majority of items in our society. When we apply this term to film it becomes much more sophisticated‚ this essay will be talking about a film genre called

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    Similarly to the Paradox of Horror‚ we also seem to be in a sort of paradoxical state when we experience pleasure from watching films of a melancholic nature. We in engage with these fictions and we experience aesthetic pleasure from these feelings of sadness that they stir up. This stands in conflict with everyday life‚ where most people seek to avoid sadness in order to avoid experiencing the negative feelings that are associated with real sadness. Some attempts to resolve this paradox amounts

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    Simon Parkhurst English 1301 1/28/11 A Summary of “Why We Crave Horror Movies” By Stephen King Before I got pregnant with my son‚ I used to love watching scary movies. My favorite was all of the “Saw” movies‚ but there was a few I’m still scared of watching to this day. In “Why We Crave Horror Movies”‚ Stephen King explains how each and every one of us have some kind of weird and twisted side that likes to see the horror in some daily things. He talks about riding on the roller coasters at

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