Why We Crave Horror Movies by Stephen King Essay -- Why We Crave Horror

Stephen poof wrote a very brief essay titled why we Crave Horror Movies, in which he explained some of the reasons that people choose to go to horror movies to be entertained. In his essay, King goes on to explain that we as a people need horror movies as a sort of release to feed the darker elements within all of us without having to sacrifice our humanity (also, civility). King does this by comparing people based on their levels of sanity whereas some societal eccentricities are completely acceptable, while some will get you propel right into the loony bin. Its summed up pretty well in this quoteThe mythic horror movie, like the sick joke, has a dirty rail line to do. It deliberately appeals to all that is worst in us. It is morbidity unchained, our most base instincts let free, our nastiest fantasies realized ...and it all happens, fittingly enough, in the dark.I dont disagree with King in his opinion at all, but I feel that maybe this was a bit of a simple answer to a very loaded question. I mean can we really say this about all horror fans? Horror fans have all kinds of different occupations, personalities, and backgrounds so obviously this theory cant apply to everyone, so in this case, I can only really say why I pull in horror movies, and ask you to do some kind of self reflection on your own.First of all, why do I watch horror movies? That is really a really good and very heavy question. I often times try to understand why I watch films tha...