He also made a point that everyone feels the need to be good and civilized, but deep down not so much. So this is where sick jokes come in. Everyone tells them to let out that deep and dark side that is deep deep down. We see scary movies as that sick joke to makes us out of our realm for once. Horror movies are like that nastiest fantasies that are deep down in us. King describes that no one sane and that everyone has their side.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
"Why We Crave Horror Movies" Stephen King
King did a good job showing us that everyone has a deep dark side that they need to get out. So to accomplish this they view scary movies. I liked how King gave the essay a edge in a way making it seem like everyone is really messed up in the head but some are more than others. Throughout the years people have always been interesting in things such as death and horror King put it as "the horror film has become the modern version of the public lynching." I believe that is true everyone deep down love to sit in a theater and be scared out of their minds. It helps them escape from everything else in a creepy way.
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I do agree with the fact that King had various intellectual analogies and reasonings. On the other hand, I don't necessarily believe that everyone has a dark side. Yes everyone does have anger but that does not mean they want to go as far as to kill someone. The joke about the dead babies completely angered me and that is truly why I disliked this writing so much. Stephen King is an interesting individual but I would never read his writings if not forced to by a teacher.
I really enjoyed his little essay. It was informal yet, it proved his point. I would have to say that I agree that everyone does have a little evil side to him or her and civilianization tries to hide it. I mean, how many have you gotten so angry. When I am hungry, I know I can be a little evil. I think that horror movies are one of the many ways to express our ‘bad’ traits of humankind and still be okay. I think I really do agree with King when he says that we are all a little insane.
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