Why We Crave Horror Movies

Are irrational fears beneficial? Could they shape the way we live our lives? There are many things to fear in life, which play an important role and could also change the way people approach things during life. I think one of my biggest fear in life is death. For example, a family member. I think losing a family member is one of the things that scares me the most because I can’t imagine life would be without them. For example not seen them again or spending time with them. I think the fearing death represents how important a person could be in your life and also the role that it could play to make you the person you are in life, for example taking advices from that person could make you choose different choices that could affect the rest of your life. We all have fears, fears could have a positive impact in our lives, it could help us overcome obstacles in life and achieve our goals, besides fears could help us re-established our emotions by expressing our feeling with others, …show more content…
In his article, “Why We Crave Horror Movies” King explains how this fears could have a negative effect on people that don’t let this feelings go, he mentions how people expect to always have positive emotions from those who have a fear and are scare to share it with society, in his article Stephen mentions, “the emotions that tend to maintain the status quo of civilization itself. Love, friendship, loyalty, kindness -- these are all the emotions that we applaud, emotions that have been immortalized in the couplets of Hallmark cards and in the verses (I don’t dare call it poetry) of Leonard Nimoy. When we exhibit these emotions, society showers us with positive reinforcement” (King 518). This shows how society play an important role when it comes to support someone that have a fear, is not always the best to keep emotions inside because that could make a person mentally