My And My Community Explanation Of Horror Movies

Do you enjoy watching murder, the paranormal, and any other morbid scene which makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, your palms sweat, and your adrenaline surge? Why people enjoy watching murder, tragedy, and carnage in their spare time has been a mysterious phenomenon. If these gruesomely horrific scenes would not be enjoyable in real life, why is watching a recreation of it so riveting? Stephen King, a world-renowned horror novelist, wrote “Why We Crave Horror Movies” to give insight as to why horror movies, although gruesome and morbid, captivate audiences. King also aims to persuade readers to continue to watch horror movies, arguing that they are a crucial part of keeping sanity. King delves into this psychological aspect of humans and believes that the desire to watch horror films is a normal tendency of humankind. “Why We Crave Horror Movies” includes appeals to emotion, logic, and author credibility in order to convince readers of the positive, normal desire to watch horror films, why it is important to watch them, and why the reader should believe what the author is saying. King utilizes the rhetorical devices—pathos, logos, and ethos—in an effective way through the use of metaphor, logic, humor, and emotion to persuade readers that watching horror films is normal.

Setting conventions play a huge part within the horror genre. Since horror first existed it has been set in ghostly abandoned castles with spooky dark dungeons, gloomy forests and spine-chilling secret passageways. Since these, settings in the horror genre has evolved into a more terrifying definition of scary. In horror movies today we mainly see old, haunted, broken down houses set in isolated forests exactly like the new house the family moves into in ‘The Conjuring’ or like in the horror movie ‘Halloween’, set in a neighbourhood during the night time. Horror has moved into these more sophisticated ideas of creepy and scary as the setting is more relatable to everyday life, and takes a toll on the audience's psychological mind set to start

One in four college students in a recent study said they experience lingering effects of a frightful movie or TV experience from childhood. (Bernie DeGroat) Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief the someone or something is dangerous causing pain, or threats. It is not appropriate for middle schoolers to read classic horror stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart”, because they can cause them anxiety and it can make them aggressive after watching scary movies.

People are literally obsessed with horror, when one of the main characters named Glenn from the television show The Walking Dead was shown in an episode fighting an almost impossible fight against zombies that are called “walkers”, everybody went deranged, the world could not believe that such a thing could occur. People worldwide created these fan theories of ways that Glenn could have escaped the “walkers” once again. Even so, a reporter scheduled an appointment with the director of the show to discuss all of the fan theories that ranged from the theory that Glenn had covered himself in Nicholas’s blood to blend in with the rest of the “walkers” to the theory that all of that never happened (Paltridge). We crave horror in order to make our boring, predictable, sedentary lives more

American horror films have often played on our societal fears, and in Candyman (Bernard Rose, 1992), the film directly deals with race, reminding us that it is still very much a problem in society today, and that ‘our traumatic racial past still haunts us’ (Vern, 2015). The film ‘marks the introduction of an African-American monster to the horror mainstream’ (Donaldson, 2011) and it ‘succeeds in asking some very pointed questions about race and class’ (Elizabeth, 1992). Ultimately this is done by investigating ‘the obscure fears we harbour about the unknown’ – or the racial ‘other’ (Blackwell, 2015). Andrew Tudor says that ‘typically, a horror movie will exploit the tensions implicit in a particular contrast, confronting known with the

It has always intrigued me how many people are very fond of horror movies. Heart racing, and terror acts, make the minds of many excited. I have always wanted to find out the cause to why many think like this, Stephen King, the leading role in the field of modern horror fiction, wrote an article “why we crave horror movies?”  He may have answered many of the unknow questions we have all wondered. He analyzed with an optimistic artful kind of writing skills from a more psychological perspective. He points at the possible reasons why people to want to watch horror movies. Although many think he may over analyze people, he may be onto a psychosocial phenomenon.

Horror films have been around for over 100 years, petrifying people and bringing their worst fears to life but still they can’t get enough of this sick and gory genre that is unbelievably entertaining and captivating to the audience. Horror comes with many sub-genres from your bloody slashers like Friday the 13th to your Supernatural-Horrors like The Exorcist, but in the end they all seem to do their job by scaring you and leaving you with nightmares for weeks on end. Usually Horror’s films have the same character stereotypes such as the nerd, the jock, the slut, the virgin, the junky, the tough hero, the unlikely hero and last but not least the masked murderer, but yet they all play their own part in the making of these horrors movies whether it is the extremely slow walk the killer does but almost always catches the victim, or the unwise decision to split up and investigate where the unusual noise is coming from.

Merriam Webster defines “horror” as “painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay.” A popular definition of horror film argues that horror is subjective-anything that evokes the emotion of horror in an individual is a horror film to that individual. (Horror Writers Association) This definition is far too dependent on the audience for its categorization. Although, the emotional argument being made in films is an essential factor when defining a genre, it cannot be the only device considered for defining the entirety of a genre. I contend that some films are objectively horrifying. Further, a definition of horror should not only incorporate a film’s emotional appeal. The definition must expand to include a film’s ethical and logical appeal. The definition of horror should be all-encompassing. It should articulate how a film argues in every medium, by every element, and from every angle. Additionally, a horror definition should not be limited to the subcategories that it has typically produced: the uncanny, the marvelous horror, and the fantastic horror. (Prohászková, 1-2) This allows no room for growth and expansion in the genre. This definition cannot be articulated without specific examples, and is, therefore, insufficient for our purposes. A narrative, objectively horrific in nature, which contains horrific elements, which delivers strong appeals emotionally, logically, and ethically, which features a “monster,” or source of evil, regardless of its sub-category, falls

It is a mind boggling phenomenon that a lot of people are fond of horror movies. To determine the inherent mechanism, Stephen King, the leading role in the field of modern horror fiction, indited this article "Why we crave horror movies?" He analyzes with artful inditing skills from psychological perspective the possible reasons driving people to optically canvass horror movies. In this article, Stephen King provides several explications to why people like horror movies. The simple and conspicuous reasons include that people want to show that they are valiant or they assure themselves that they are absolutely dull compared with the deviant ones in horror movies. A more paramount and implicit reason, according to King, is that people go to have fun because

At a young age I was entranced to the horror genre the moment I set eyes upon my brother’s closet, it was fully loaded with works from R. L. Stine, the icon of children’s horror fiction. R.L. Stine couldn’t be more welcoming than starting his series with Welcome to the Dead House as his first book. In contrast to R.L. Stine’s innocent scares Child’s Play turns the table completely, turning into one of my childhood nightmares growing up, it relapse my interest in horror. A doll coming to life and repudiating human kind with a kitchen knife doesn’t sound peachy. However, that’s what horror is, a raw sensation that strikes fear caused by the unknown, in which in this case is the revival of a human-like object. Horror’s explicit connotation according to the dictionary is an overwhelming and painful feeing caused by something frightfully shocking; a shuddering fear. Therefore, what makes horror appeal to the great masses? McCauley (1998) in his research, states that the fictional nature of horror films affordviewers a sense of control by placing psychological distance between them and the violent acts they have witnessed. In other words Horror films main appeal to the masses is the unrealism of the situation and the knowledge of its fictitious nature which evokes a fascination factor from the viewer. Horror stimulates the amygdala, a part of the brain that secretes

A vampire was peeping through my window. How many of us can believe we saw something unnatural during our lifetime? The love for horror is something most of us crave. Stephen King wanted to capture his audience with the understanding of horror movies, he is basically telling his readers why people are so intrigued by watching horror movies. He states that maybe we are all mentally ill; despite turning away when we face or see horror we still become intrigued. For example, people going to watch a horror movie at a theater.

Even though, along with the advance of technology, horror movies, being adapted or not, are becoming more repulsive and real than ever and, despite the fact that they are predictable, since the objective is always the same (to scare the audience) it keeps on attracting thousands of people all over the world.

The two movies I viewed were Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, which were both directed by Tobe Hopper. Both films displayed the general rules horror films generally follow through the use of horror film genre conventions. For instance, both movies follow the good verses evil story lines and in each the end does ultimately win. However, this is not entirely true in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The friends represented the good and the chainsaw carrying monster and his family portrayed the evil. In the end on of the friends, Sally, ultimately does escape from being killed by the monster in the movie. However, her other four friends were taken down and gruesomely killed by the evil killer in the movie. So although in a bittersweet manner,

Horror films have been one the most popular films in society especially during Halloween time. These films make us get excited, scared, and lets the adrenaline rush through our body. Scary movies are used and are seen as entertainment, but what do horror films say about us? According to “The Devil In Disguise: Modern Monster and Their Metaphor” Emma Louise Backe states “Monsters have for centuries been manifestations of society’s fears and anxieties”. (Backe) Monsters change throughout time depending on the new generations. Monsters like the demon have evolved and critique our new generation. Today’s horror films represent the milleninals many fear and anxieties in which critique our generation inner demon or evil around us.

Horror movie industry is an actual and essential problem in the social life of the public. There is an ambiguous opinion on this matter. Is it possible to consider it as a positive factor or negative? How does the virtual violence influence a viewer? This paper will analyze the impact of horror movies on adults and interpret the abovementioned questions. People who discuss this problem are divided into two groups. The first one believes that watching horror movies affects people negatively and it should be forbidden. Others have the opposite opinion. They consider bloody movie is a safe alternative to real violence that causes beneficial effect. There is also the third category of people, but they do not argue about anything. They enjoy watching horror movies.