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    channels have insensibly created a solid amount of content for those viewers who are interested to see how other people live. And they reason to share information related to those topics. 2.3 Why people watch YouTube? YouTube is a video sharing service that lets users watch videos posted by other users and upload videos of their own. For users‚

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    Mentally Ill Stephen Kings essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” he implies that we are all mentally ill. Stephan King is a New York Time best-selling author who writes in the horror and fantasy genre. Kings work today has been turned into countless successful films and movies. He started his writing career with a book called Carrie‚ the story of a tormented teen who seeks revenge. In Stephen Kings essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he says we all are mentally ill in a sense‚ but some of us can hide

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    Analysis 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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    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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    Feeding the beast In the essay‚ "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by the author Stephen king; He tries to explain how a two-hour horror film may be one’s way of stepping out of life’s boundaries and all the expectations on what is right and wrong. He states that it’s a relief of ones inner violence‚ a fix of adrenaline and fun and it dares the nightmare. You get to face your biggest fear from the comfort of your own home‚ and that’s not to say that a good horror movies can and will make you jump from

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    come to mind when people allow themselves to think about horror movies. Most may experience the feeling of butterflies in their stomach for fear or just pure excitement‚ but where does that fear or excitement come from? One might say that it is the anti-social instincts of horror that we all have hidden and festering deep down inside. A great horror author Stephen King once said‚” that watching a horror movie helps us control the anti-social instincts we all have inside”. Some people might say that

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    Stephen King is known by his grotesque movies and recognizable writing. In his piece‚ “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” he explains the human races’ need to watch other people being tortured‚ mutilated‚ and eventually killed. King uses two opposing tones in his essay to create an atmosphere that is both humorous and serious. People want to see other people being menaced. This desire has led us to become hidden psychopaths. King establishes that we all laugh at sick jokes because we are crazy‚ or “mentally

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    In Stephen King’s essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he suggested that we are all mentally ill‚ demonstrated by those who talk to themselves on occasion‚ make grimacing faces or have hysterical fears of snakes‚ the dark‚ or tight places. King also stated that he believed that a horror movie appealed to all that is worst in us‚ allowing us to experience morbidity‚ basic instincts and fantasies in the darkness of the theater. We all know someone who talks to himself on occasion or someone

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    Stephen King Essay What is it about horror movies that most of us find satisfying? Is it the suspense of not knowing what will happen next? Perhaps it is the blood and gore that some of us crave. No matter what the reason‚ all of the claims stated above due to the fact that we are all mentally ill in our own ways. Stephen King introduced the claim that we are all mentally ill in his essay‚ “Why We Crave Horror Movies” (1). King accurately claims that we‚ the human species have something dark lurking

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    Honors English 11 5 November 2014 Commonplace Insanity Renowned horror author Stephen King is known for his humorous and macabre articles‚ like‚ "Why We Crave Horror Movies". King uses humor‚ metaphors‚ and relates to readers on a personal level. The point that he makes in the article is that we are all a little bit insane which is why entertainment is found in the macabre such as horror movies‚ games‚ or novels. King states that horror movies are humankind’s method of feeding the instinctive‚ insane‚

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