Reading Stephen King's essay on why we crave horror, makes me question his beliefs, as he wrote, “those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better, after all.” I do not find a craving of horror movie essential for my life, (though I do enjoy a nice thrill every now and then) but this line makes me wonder if we are all secretly batshit crazy.
I concur with his statement that almost everyone is partially insane at times. He says that horror movies appeal to the worst in us. Those horror movies give some people a sense of essential normality, a relief that that is not them on the screen. But I believe most people watch horror movies for the fun of being scared. While some people watch horror movies
I concur with his statement that almost everyone is partially insane at times. He says that horror movies appeal to the worst in us. Those horror movies give some people a sense of essential normality, a relief that that is not them on the screen. But I believe most people watch horror movies for the fun of being scared. While some people watch horror movies