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Monster Research Paper

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There are many popular genres in today's age but one of the most popular is horror. It has been around for a long time and its continuously changing. Horror is an interesting genre because it involves fear and usually there aren't happy endings, time and time again a monster in the story ends up killing everyone which people do not like. This society is big on happy ending’s, people like a good story where everything turns out okay and horror is usually the total opposite of that. Horror involves monsters and the purpose behind monsters are they bring about a feeling of increased adrenaline which keep people hooked. The main part of a horror story that people enjoy so much are the monster’s the stories are about. They are what make the story …show more content…

Everyone can remember a time in their life when they were scared whether it be when they ran up the stairs before turning the light off so the “monster” in their house couldn’t get them or whether it be walking outside in the dark and becoming paranoid that someone is watching them. Considering that no one enjoys being afraid why does this society enjoy horror so much? The answer is in the monster of the horror story themselves. There are two types of monsters in horror, the ones who look human and the ones who don’t. Monster’s that look human fascinate this society because of the psychological aspect of them. When the monster is a human or is human-like, people can sympathize with them since people want to know what made them how they are, and they make people think about how there is a great possibility that there are monsters in the form of a human all around in their society. On the other side there are the monsters that don’t look human, these are the other type of monsters that fascinate people because people believe that there is no way that they can be real. Seeing both these types of monsters on the big screen or reading about them in stories provides such a thrill that people love. A huffington post article said “Watching a horror movie increases your heart rate by an average of

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