Horror and terror

Fear is incapacitating, it holds you back and holds you down. As you grow older, you see more of the world. You see it thought the news, people and books. As you grow older and see more, the more you know what to fear. When you come out of childhood you learn that the monsters you feared under the bed may not be there, but you learn that they lurk in the streets and the halls of your life. As time passes you discover not only to fear monsters but also emotion, failure, change and loss. How do…

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…

Subconscious Scares Many of us like to experience fear on purpose. We enjoy watching horror movies and sometimes a good scary book. People are fond of the rush of adrenaline they come in contact with. If their brain processes that there is no real harm, then then they experience the event as enjoyable. I will prove that the quote, " People love scary stories. There's fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird subconscious way." by Mel Gibson, is true. In The…

Reel Fear Review Booming Games took a risk when making the game Reel Fear, since there hasn’t been that many slot games released with a ramped up horror theme before. If you dare to venture into the darkness of Reel Fear, then you should be ready to encounter some of the scariest images and symbols you’ve ever seen in a slot game. Putting it simply, thrills, chills, and spills are certainly guaranteed here. Sending a sweat across your brow, Reel Fear is all set to scare slots fans. Booming…

There are or were many things that scare or have scared me. One thing that really scared me growing up was segregation. In school, segregation was a big part of learning. As I grew older, I realized how hard it was to live during that time. This scared me because knowing that people had to go through a time like that was really life changing. Without those people, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Thinking about how blacks had no power and how blacks were killed for things that whites didn’t…

In many ways, individuals often struggle against their fears. The time I experienced this was when I used to ride steers a couple summers ago. It was a hot July day and my dad and I had just finished helping my Rodeo queen sister get ready for carrying flags to start off the rodeo. After when we walked over to the stands to get ready for their riding, I was gearing up to ride one of those beasts they call steers, thinking I was going to get killed. After the national anthem, the rodeo began. I…

A ‘scary’ professor is not scary based upon their appearance, but how their teaching methods are complex, or in some cases stressful and intimidating. On September 27th of 2015, Christian Yapor wrote "Why You Should Take Classes with the 'Scary' Professor" to inform and persuade readers that choosing an intimidating and difficult professor for a class can benefit you in the future of your life. Yapor main focus in writing this opinionated article was to convince anyone in the general public that…

“Shaking in every limb, I groped my way back to the wall; resolving there to perish rather than ris the terrors of the wells of which my imagination now pictured many in various positions about the dungeon.” The narrator is scared of what may be in the dungeon, since he cannot see anything. He does not know what is in this dungeon, so all he can do is imagine…

Roller Coaster Medical Although roller coasters are fun and thrilling, when it comes the body and it’s features, it can be damaged very easily. Effects on the body from a roller coaster can be small or even deadly. But how could a roller coaster cause pain? Injuries that some people experience are, ear barotrauma, increased heart-rate, and whiplash. Ear damage can be an effect from riding a roller coaster. Damage can be caused by the changing of the air pressure on the ears. This can cause…

meant to hide someone; whether it is a robber sporting a ski mask, a child in a Halloween costume, or a hero in a comic book. Of course, a mask’s purpose can be twisted to represent the person underneath, rather than creating an entirely new identity. Horror movies with masked killers are a good example of this. For English class, I have to create a mask that represents who I am. The first noticeable detail about the mask is how it is divided into two sides. The meaning behind this relates to…