Feeding Our Gators: A Response to Stephen King’s Why We Crave Horror Movies Stephen King writes very accurately on how we‚ the public‚ desire the need “to put away our more civilized and adult penchant for analysis and to become children again” by watching a horror-themed movie. In the article Why We Crave Horror Movies‚ written by Stephen King and published by Playboy Press in Chicago‚ Illinois in 1981‚ King suggests that horror fiction meets an important and critical human need that endeavour the
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Fallacies in “Why We Crave Horror Movies” By Stephan King Last‚ night I was alone by myself‚ with no one to talk to or cook dinner for. I was alone and bored at the same time. Well‚ I decided to watch a horror film on Netflix. I try not to go to sleep during a movie but this time I did. In the essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” author Stephen King tells us about why we love violence
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Why We Crave Horror Movies In the essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen Kings‚ Kings claims with some comical examples that “we’re all mentally ill.” In my personally opinion he is absolutely right. Everyone in this world is mentally ill‚ only the level is different. People’s unusual behaviors are the proof of such illness. Kings says that we watch horror movies to “reestablish our feelings of essential normality.” These movies are the source of some kind of fun and extensively help to satisfy
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Horror movies do excite something in a lot of people. Some people may wonder why in the world would watching some crazy guy go around and kill a bunch of innocent people be exciting? Stephen King said‚” I think we all mentally ill.” I think the reason for this is that watching horror movies is a way that we can escape reality for a little while and enter a world of disorder and bad conduct. In a way‚ people like the effect that horror movies have on them. When you’re watching a horror movie what
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Bush 11.30.10 The Insanity Within Why do we crave horror movies? Stephen king was asked this same question in an interview that was published in a Playboy magazine in 1981. King replied “we are all mentally ill” (1) and “to show we can”(3). King expressed his views on both sides stating that we all are guilty of acting mentally ill‚ and that we all simply enjoy watching horrifying movies. Both of these statements are true‚ but not necessarily accurate. King did not take in consideration human error
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Almost every young person craves horror movies and roller coasters Once a person reaches a certain age‚ their craving for horror movies decreases. King believes everyone is mentally ill‚ but those who are outside the asylums hide it better. People pay to watch new horror movies to feel the adrenaline. If a person does not have an interest in horror movies‚ then they have a replacement to feel the adrenaline such as roller coasters. Horror movies or roller coasters can make a person insane‚ but keep
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reading my first Horror novel by Jay Anson “The Amityville Horror”‚ it was the scariest thing I had ever picked up. Despite the late hours I continued to read into the early morning hours until my eyes burned for relief. Whenever I got up to use the rest room I would stand on the end of my bed lean over and open the door and jump so not to be grabbed by monsters that might be laying in wait under my bed. This started a long love affair for horror stories. For instance Stephen King is known as the
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Roller Coaster of Horror As we analyze Stephen King’s essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” we come across his essential reasons as to what gives us the ambition and motivation to insist watching horror movies. In a way Stephen King is correct; one way or another we all are mentally ill to a point. No one is perfect‚ and we all do strange things. Some people are perfectionists when it comes to how they do things; some have a habit of talking to themselves‚ and others just do strange things like
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Keeping the Light On Although watching horror movies may produce negative psychological effects‚ horror movies can be some people first choice for entertainment. Referring to the essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by author Stephen King‚ who stated that “When we pay our four to five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie‚ we are daring the nightmare.” People are always thrilled to go see horror movies in the theatres without thinking of the consequences.
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essay‚ "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King the author tries to prove that the modern day horror movie is are relief of violence‚ are fix of adrenaline and fun‚ and also something that can dare the nightmare. In a lot of ways these things can be related to real life situations. My relief of violence is playing video games‚ and my fix of fun and adrenaline is when I play football‚ and something that dares my nightmare is when I challenge my brother. In the essay‚ "Why We Crave Horror Movies"
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