Insanity In Stephen King's Why We Crave Horror Movies

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In Stephen King’s essay, “Why We Crave Horror Movies”, he discusses his view that everybody is insane but they keep it within themselves and horror movies is what controls their hidden insanity. King gives examples that even daily, people have small episodes of insanity that gets exposed but they still buy tickets to watch horror movies that challenge their hidden insanity. King then digs into the reasons as to why people are willing to buy tickets to watch horror movies. He simply states that people watch them to prove that they can withstand the scare and adds on how horror movies are similar to roller coaster rides: they both give a scare at unexpected places and is aimed for young audiences. Another reason King gives is that people want …show more content…

King’s thesis basically states that all people are insane, but I disagree. I believe that everyone is born with goodness and it is the environment that affects whether we become ‘insane’ or not. The insanity can be caused by neurological reasons too, but that does not mean all people have neurological problems that cause the insanity. Though I don’t believe that all humans are insane, the reasons King made for why we crave horror movies were …show more content…

I chose his essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” because I have read his horror novels and they were very interesting so I thought his essay would be interesting as well, and surely it was. His voice in this essay was apparent and his tone throughout this essay was witty and suspenseful. Another reason I chose “Why We Crave Horror Movies” is that I myself have been wondering why I crave horror movies because I am not good with anything horror but my desire to watch them doesn’t lessen. Reading the essay was very amusing and I was able to understand the reason to why people, including me, crave horror