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    phenomenon‚ and it is been changing to worse. Seeing some of the things on television or in a movie or on the internet nowadays really makes you question the intelligence of humans as species. “why we crave horror movies” by Stephen King‚ makes us to think and get an idea of why we love to watch horror movie. People like scary movies because they make them feel good. Even though people scream‚ shout or even cry during some scary movies they end up feeling better about themselves because of realizing that

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    of Why We Crave Horror Movies Thesis: Stephen King never clearly states the thesis of this essay however there is enough information provided that we can infer one. We need to keep our inner lyncher at bay by feeding ourselves with small portions of demonic‚ bloody‚ violence‚ found in horror movies. King writes “It deliberately appeals to all the worst in us. It is morbidity unchained‚ our most base instincts let free‚ our nastiest fantasies realized...” (Why We Crave Horror Movies‚ paragraph

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    summarize Stephen King’s argument‚ he explains his thoughts on why people crave horror movies. After reading the give supports of why‚ Stephen King has been convincing that people are attracted to horror movies because they let people express they’re fearless‚ their true sanity and feeling on normality. In this argument Stephen King talks about how people’s appetite changes for roller coasters by stating “And horror movies‚ like roller coasters‚ have always been the special province of the you; by

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    In Stephen King’s article “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” he expresses his views as to why he believes humans enjoy watching horror movies so much. In the beginning of the article King writes that he believes every human being is mentally ill‚ he then spends the rest of the article explaining his reasoning behind his opinion. Although King gave some logical explanations as to why humans crave horror movies‚ many individuals could disagree with many of his points. Some people may actually be what he

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    Why We Crave Horror Movies: Reader Response In this essay‚ Stephen King is analyzing the reasons behind craving horror movies. According to him‚ we watch horror movies for more than just entertainment purposes. He believes that we get psychological relief by watching horror movies. Many of us would agree that horror movies are entertaining. Stephen compares them to “roller coaster rides.” These movies are exciting as we never known what is coming next. We might feel frightened at some point during

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    Horror films have been around since the late 19th century to terrify audiences by engaging them with visual and auditory language such as using lighting‚ camera techniques‚ sound and music. These elements have been used effectively in the 2013 American supernatural horror film‚ The Conjuring‚ directed by an Australian director‚ James Wan. His film is based off a true story about a family with five daughters who move to a dilapidated farmhouse. As paranormal events begin to occur they contact demonologists

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    In the essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” Stephen King discusses why horror movies are so appealing. We are all mentally ill; however‚ some of us are better at hiding our “insanity” (emotions) than others. King compares the thrill of seeing horror films to going on a roller coaster ride and says that we like to watch them to show others that we aren’t afraid‚ “that we can ride this roller coaster.” We also go to view these horror movies to relax‚ release our emotions‚ and have ‘fun’ which is a “very

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    discusses his opinions on horror movies and society in his essay “why we crave horror movies”. King simply states three reasons why we would choose to watch these types of movies. The first being that we watch them to show that we can‚ to prove that we are not afraid. We also go to reestablish our feelings of essential normality. The feeling we are all just normal people living in a normal society compared to those found in horror movies. The last reason King says we go see horror movies is just to have

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    Crazy Stephen King is one of the most well-known horror story authors in history. In his essay‚ “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he opens up with the thesis on the first sentence‚ “I think that we’re all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better‚ after all” He later goes on to say “When we pay our four or five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie‚ we are daring the nightmare.” Basically what

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    “Why We Crave Horror Movies” In1982‚ Stephen King‚ a renowned horror author‚ published a very brief essay titled‚ “Why We Crave Horror Movies” and then submitted it to the Playboy Magazine. Around that time‚ a few year prior‚ a mass murder and serial killer named Ted Bundy‚ who was at his prime between 1784 and 1778‚ was found connected to at least 36 murders. Ted Bundy proclaimed that his reason behind his mass murders were due to pornography‚ which can be found in any Playboy magazine. Knowing

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