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 purpose they
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Horror King Stephen King Known as the Horror King‚ Stephen King has earned that title with his award winning novels such as Carrie‚ The Dead Zone‚ and The Shining. Stephen King has written more than two hundred works of literature including his novels‚ short stories‚ and poems‚ one hundred and seventy eight of which were turned into works of film. Born on September 21‚ 1947 in Portland‚ Maine‚ Stephen King was raised by a mostly single parent. Stephen’s father “left the house to buy a pack of
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The article "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King examines the popular trend of attending horror films and he explains several explanations for this craving behavior. King claims that attending these gory films is not just a trend; he believes that it is a necessity. As a result‚ King claims that we need/crave horror movies for various basic reasons. First‚ he suggest we need to view these horror films to fulfill our basic need for entertainment and excitement. Also‚ we need to view these
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on the brain. I. What causes people to watch horror movies? A. People watch horror movies to fulfill a need for excitement. B. People tend to live through the movie and forget their duty-bound lives. C. People are attracted to the known and the predictability in movies. II. What are the effects of horror films on people? A. One person’s thrill and interest is another’s demise. B. Research has shown that the brain can perceive such movies negatively. BOOOO!
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element of life that allows your business to strive? Well in Why We Crave Horror Movies Stephen King did and today were going to talk about why. Maybe he had a need to express a personal belief. Then again he could have tried to expose a part of everyone’s psyche that is often hidden from one another. Or maybe he is offering a semi-logical excuse for him to publish such horrendous stories. I will end this paragraph with how he started his “ we are all mentally ill: those of us outside the asylums only
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Why Horror Films Rule the World? More and more horror seekers are willing to line up to buy tickets for a scary movie and sit in the front of the screen to watch with blood and terror‚ all to enjoy the intense experience of being afraid. Scary films provide a terrifying experience of fear in many moviegoers; however‚ not everyone is willing to take time to enjoy the feeling of being scared and such‚ instead viewers reject horror movies because they do not want to spend money to feel afraid‚ threatened
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Why Do We Watch Scary Movies? When reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ one aspect of the early story really bothered me. Why do Jem and Scout‚ even though they are deathly scared of the Radley house dare each other to mess with the house? Evidently‚ the two children are fascinated by the fear‚ but what really causes us to bring ourselves to fear? While pondering this question‚ something else that I simply can’t wrap my head around popped up in my mind. What is with scary movies? Horror
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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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We have all experienced those feelings we get when we sit down to watch a horror movie. We feel that little adrenaline rush when we see a character in a movie trying to escape a knife-wielding-psycho that is endlessly chasing them and we feel that jump out of your skin feeling when the evil guy suddenly pops into the scene from out of nowhere. Then the movie ends‚ you sigh a breath of relief that it’s over and there is nothing to be scared of. But did you know that there are a few movies out there
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Stephen King is a professional writer. He wrote many books. King has a special technique to attract the readers. He uses the visions of a dystopian future and people can easily observe that when they read his novels. He imagined the government will oppress people in the future like what he did in “The Running Man”. Also‚ there are some other people who are also exciting with this kind of stories and movies. Quite a few people appreciate the existence with rush and fervor. In any case‚ the opportunity
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