Why We Crave Horror Movies

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Why We Crave Horror Movies What Stephen King is trying to say in “Why We Crave Horror Movies” is that we use horror movies to fulfill unreasonable gory fantasies that we may have sometimes but don’t really want to act on. He makes a comment by saying: “I think we are all mentally ill”. The main point Stephen King makes is telling us is that we need to get in touch with ourselves. Finding that part of ourselves that needs to be let out once in a while and horror films are an outlet to let that side of us to come out. He implies that horror films help us get in touch with those emotions that we get when we are angry but don’t really want to act on. I believe what Stephen King is saying is completely true. There is a little part of us that wants to see the hurt and pain of others. It does not make us all sick individuals but it does explain why some people just snap and do the unexpected. As you watch a horror movie sometimes it helps release stress off personal anger towards another individual. Horror flicks can also be an outlet for an individual’s creative mind if you enjoy watching them. There are probably many other reasons why someone might enjoy watching horror movies but these are some of them. Some people use horror movies to relieve personal resentment towards another individual. At least once while watching a horror movie you’ve probably pictured a scene of a movie while thinking of someone you hate. While I was watching the movie “Hostel”, a movie about people who pay to torture other human beings, towards the end of the movie there is a scene that the girl finds out what is going on. When I was watching that I thought why couldn’t that be my boss? Because he was an arrogant, selfish, know it all that used his power as manager to try to fire people for no reason. It relieved some anger that I felt at times at work when you can’t really say anything

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