Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King

The article "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King examines the popular trend of attending horror films and he explains several explanations for this craving behavior. King claims that attending these gory films is not just a trend; he believes that it is a necessity. As a result, King claims that we need/crave horror movies for various basic reasons. First, he suggest we need to view these horror films to fulfill our basic need for entertainment and excitement. Also, we need to view these horror films to satisfy a certain psychological requirement. King states that we need to subject ourselves to such irrationality periodically in order to exercise our dark side and release certain evil fantasies, so we do not act on them. Besides that, he indicates that we go to "re-establish our feelings of essential normality". With great subject description, sufficient example and fact support, and dramatic writing King's article