Top 10 Best Horror Films Of All Time By Thomas Mentel

There are many reasons why people watch horror films, and some of these reasons are explored in King’s essay. King states that people watch horror movies “To show that [they] can, that [they] are not afraid...” (396). Essentially, King is saying that scary movies help their audiences prove to themselves that

The horror genre is synonymous with images of terror, violence and human carnage; the mere mention of horror movies evokes physical and psychological torture. As remarked by noted author Stephen King “the mythic horror movie…has a dirty job to do. It deliberately appeals to all that is worst in us. It is morbidity unchained, our most base instincts let free, our nastiest fantasies realized.” (King, 786). At manageable intervals, we choose to live these horrific events vicariously through the characters in horror movies and books as a means of safely experiencing the “what if”. The horror genre allows us to explore our fears, be it spiders, vampires, loss of our identity, or death of a loved, under the most fantastic and horrible

People nowadays love being scared in any way, shape or form. Wether it would be ranged from going to an amusement park to a haunted house. In the article King states, “When we pay our four or five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie, we are daring the nightmare. To show that we can, that we are not afraid, that we can ride this roller coaster”. In the article King compares horror films to roller coasters, to show that they are similar. They both have their element of surprise, you never know what is coming till it happens. Everyone loves the adrenalin rush they get when they get scared. It makes them to keep wanting more of what they’re getting. Today the most popular type of movies are horror, there is always that hype over the new horror film that is coming out. No matter what the circumstances are, these things are done to show they are not afraid, or get over their fears.

One time when I went to the theater, I saw the conjuring. It was fun at the same time.When I am watching a scary movie I feel scared. People like scary movies because they like to feel the adrenalin. During the 19th century, in venezuela folklore, there is a belief of El Silbon person who kill his father.

Wes Craven’s horror movie “Scream”, inspired the gruesome murder of Gina Castillo. Castillo’s sixteen year old son and his fifteen year old cousin killed Gina Castillo. Why would anyone wish to watch the petrifying film, “Scream”? What would trigger a person to take inspiration from the horror movie, “Scream”. Stephen King describes horror as a piece of the human condition. Author of several horror novels, Stephen King wrote an essay titled “Why We Crave Horror.” In this paper he thoroughly explains why the human species craves horror and how it makes humans feel. In this essay, Stephen King precisely claims that humans desire, horror because horror pushes them to face their fears, renew their feelings of normality, and to expose

Horror can be defined as a genre meant to psychologically trigger individual fear with the presence of certain supernatural or abstract characteristics. The genre is dependent on people’s fascination with unrealism and the sensation that comes from experiencing fear personified into tangible elements on a screen. Horror films have thrilled audiences for decades, revealing stories of the more sinister parts of life. The popular allure that stems from the genre comes from the tension moviegoers experience when aroused by specific stimuli uniquely present in these cinematic features (Walters). Over time, as the genre progressed, the standardized elements found in a typical horror movie began to shift in different directions primarily due to changing societal circumstances and increasing consumer demand for cinematic innovation. The expansive nature of the different codes and conventions within the horror genre, coupled with the evolution of society’s fascination with these characteristics, has led to the mutation of the genre itself in order to allow for unique approaches to a familiar style in response to both economic developments and taste shifts within the consumer industry.

Furthermore, we watch horror in order to show others we are audacious. King already has his ways of giving us thrills through his twisted stories. In “Why We Crave Horror,” Stephen King explains we watch these movies “To show we can, that we are not afraid, that we can ride this roller coaster” (1). We are all prone to letting out a good scream when the roller coaster dives straight down, which is the same as as watching a scary movie. There are those who go with their friends and family to show they are not frightened by what they are watching, it’s to prove to others and themselves that they are strong willed and not weak. “We are all daring the nightmare” when we go to watch horror (King, “Why We Crave” 1). Sometimes when we get scared,

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.

We all need an excitement in our lives and experience the adrenaline rush. Horror genre fills up that empty spot. In today's society us teens go to amusement parks to pay to get scared by the serious tense the rides give us. Roller coasters keep us guessing what will happen next and scream at various parts of the ride. Stephen King states it himself “we are not afraid, that we can ride this roller coaster” (King, “Why We Crave”1). King says that on that surface level, we watch horror movies for that level of fun. Even knowing horror movies can give us this frightening feeling King says “we are daring the nightmare” (King, “Why We Crave”1). Horror movies are innately conservative, even reactionary. If the brain knows there is no risk of really being harmed, it experiences the adrenaline rush as enjoyable. This is the obvious option. Wondering what is going to jump out as us at a haunted house. As in who will get slashed next or who is this mystery killer in the horror movie. When you put yourselfs in the victim's shoes, your reaction can be true fear, but once you leave the theater, you are in no real

What is it about horror movies that makes it so appealing? In Stephen King’s essay Why We Crave Horror Movies, he introduces the desires of fear. He argues that watching horror movies allows us to overcome the inner insanity inside us, allowing us to train out inner demons, accomplishing this through the use of ethos, humor, and metaphors. King does a good job of establishing credibility.

A girl runs frantically through the woods trying to escape an axe wielding villain. The defenseless victim suddenly trips and collapses to the ground. The villain laughs wickedly as he lifts the axe above his head. The girl releases a final scream as the weapon quickly ends her life, causing the audience to go silent as they watch the villain drag away the lifeless body. Death, blood, guts, suspense, screaming, and terror are all just a few things to expect when watching a modern day horror film. What is horror? Horror can be defined as an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust. (Wilson) The description of horror is not very pleasant, but for some reason horror films are extremely popular. Why is this so? People are addicted to the

To King, horror movies are like roller coasters because they incite fear in the minds of the young and there are many twists and turns. Typically, young people are more likely to go on roller coasters that older people are and that is the same with watching horror movies. Young people like to put themselves in the uncomfortable situation of watching a horror movie in order to test their ability to face fear face on. Like a roller coaster, a horror movie can cause us to scream out of fear in our seats because of something unexpected. The many plot twists and jump scares in horror movies are equivalent to the corkscrews and unexpected drops on a roller coaster.

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

But why is a horror genre among the most popular? why do we keep loving these kinds of films if they scare us? and what makes them so intriguing? In a classification of films, the theme, the scenes and the main characters are essential to the story. In which the main characters, in this case, the villain or the monsters mostly differ from how intimidating and shocking their physical appearance, personality, or function in the film are. The director attempts to form his film the most shocking possible

Horror movies and thriller movies can share common traits. Horror movies can give the audience a sense of thrill, and a thriller movie can horrify the audience. Both genres rely on the “fight or flight” situational effects. In the first or possibly even second act of the movie, the characters are attempting to flee the problem, but are eventually forced into engaging with it. How these characters react with the problem is where the two genres start to deviate.