Stephen King's Why we crave horror movies, what can be said about it? It takes a look at man's most basic and aggressive instinct and shows us the correlation between it and violent video-auditory horror movies. Mankind has a history being violent, enjoying scenes of excess violence and even participating in them. Public lynchings, executions, arena battles, stoning, mankind has been there for each one. But in modern day where all of the above are illegal, what does man has to turn to? Simple, horror movies and horror games.
Mankind has a fascination with violence, a fascination with death. Stephen King says metaphorically that there is an alligator pool somewhere in the confines of our mind, constantly threatening to break lose and bite some one. He said he believed in happiness, as long as we kept the gater's fed. And perhaps there is some truth to what he said. The masses were always more content where blood was spilled. In Rome, people were desensitized by Arena fights and ignored their own needs. Perhaps in truth, Horror movies do keep that gater fed, and bring satisfaction to our most basic instinct.
Overall, I enjoyed reading Stephen King's Why we crave horror movies, and I think it poses an interesting point for all of us.
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