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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

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.

Most readers identify Stephen King’s works as horror, however, he sees them as suspense novels (“Stephen King interview on Charlie Rose (1993)”). Stephen King is affiliated with the horror genre because of his excessive use of gore in his novels. However, gore is merely a side agenda that helps King shape his ideas. Instead, King’s main goal is to create suspense. By creating a vivid image of the impact of a murder, rape, or other catastrophe he can further his goal by unnerving his reader and creating a conflict. Stephen King’s extensive and creative use of the pitting of good vs evil, foreshadowing, imagery, and supernatural occurrences makes a more suspenseful novel.

Most readers identify Stephen King’s works as horror, however he sees them as suspense novels (citation needed). Stephen King is often associated with the horror genre because of his excessive use of gore in his novels. However, gore is merely a side agenda that helps King shape his ideas. Instead, King’s main goal is to create suspense. By creating a vivid image of the impact of a murder, rape, or other catastrophe he is able to foster his goal by unnerving his reader and creating a conflict. Stephen King’s extensive and creative use of detail and literary elements in his novels assists the motive for the conflict between good and evil, constructs a complete depiction of the supernatural and reality, and builds an ongoing sense of tension.

Many people today love horror stories for the thrills and chills they get from them. Partaking in a horror story though, isn’t just an about a fleeting sense of terror and the psychology of why people enjoy horror stories is much vaster. Horror stories help us deal with our anxieties, but also intensify them and make them worse. In the story of The Birds, Du Maurier demonstrates how illogical and terrifying primitive fears. In contrast Ian Rankin’s The Very Last Drop explores more realistic causes and explanations of the farfetched fears people have. Finally, Bram Stoker’s The Judge’s House demonstrates how there are cultural lessons that are shown through a horror story lens.

Throughout cinema, there has always been space in our hearts for the gore and intrigue that come from horror films. Though they come with different plots, there remains “the monster”, the character that brings along disgust, horror, suspense, and even sympathy. In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), our monster is Norman Bates, the boy next door. This was one of the first times in American cinema that the killer was brought home, paving the way for the future of horror movies. According to Robin Wood in “An Introduction to the America Horror Film” (183-208), Bates follows the formula of the Monster being a human psychotic. This is conveyed through his normal façade portrayed with his introduction, the audience’s ambivalence, the use of

A great horror story involves many key elements to provoke the reader’s fear instinct while they are reading the story. One of the most important of these elements would be the fear of the unknown. Another important component of the story is for the plot to be presented in a somewhat frantic way. This leads to the reader experiencing the story to have a heightened stress level trying to keep up which leads to them being more open to be scared. One final aspect is a startling and disturbing, to an extent, reveal. Two stories that included this criteria are Richard Matheson’s “The Children of Noah” and Stephen King’s “Children of the Corn”.

Do you ever wonder why you or other people take delight in watching horror movies? What makes them so interesting? Why does the general society enjoy entertaining themselves with the horror genre? Well, Stephen King might have the answer to that. Mr. King strongly agrees with the idea that we might all have a little craving for watching such morbid scenes or reading about them, and creating our own gruesome scenario. Stephen King believes that humans crave horror for the purpose of facing our fears, to reestablish our feelings of normality, and to have an unusual type of ‘fun’, and he’s right.

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

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win” (Stephen King). Compared to springheel Jack and Carrie, we are Considered pretty normal, but there are times our anger slips out, and it causes us to do deranged things. Sometimes from yelling at someone to even murdering.Stephen King accurately explains though his stories that humans are addicted to horror because we want to have fun, be able to face our fears, and feel human compared to the abnormal.

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

While the horror genre often follows a very strict set of rules, as well as an organized timeline, some argue that this repetitive schedule diminishes from the alarming nature that is expected from the genre. This topic brings up a critical issue that questions whether novelty is necessary for fright. In New York Times film critic A.O. Scott’s review of The Cabin in the Woods, he stated that “Novelty and genre traditionalism often fight to a draw,” which suggests that while having both traditional and original concepts is key in horror films and literature, neither is more influential than the other (Scott, 2012). With every work of horror, the creators need to find a balance between the customary demands and the inventive narration.

Some people like to define horror by its subjects. For example, if there are any monsters, a parallel universe somewhere out there, if something is wrong inside the character like a disease or sickness, or maybe some type of demonic force outside the characters control. Others like to describe horror by how it is organized in the story, like how the story is structured or written, and how the plot and perspective make you understand what is going on. Suspense happens in the horror genre when you are not sure what the character will

Horror is a feeling of fear, shock, or disgust that we take in as pleasure and excitement. The excitement draws in and makes us want more of the same feeling because we have experienced something we want again that cannot be found in our previous everyday life. To actually understand a story with horror we must know what horror is and this will lead