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Insanity In Stephen King's Essay Why We Crave Horror Movies

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Horror and Insanity Authors such as Stephen King and Hollywood pictures allow people to appear as innocent spectators of horror instead of willing participants in brutal torture and murder. After the event is over they are guilty of nothing more than enjoying the macabre side of life and death. In the past people of all classes, races, and backgrounds mobbed together for public executions. Authors and filmmakers give people the same thrills now and shield them from all guilt, remorse, and accountability. Stephen King’s essay Why We Crave Horror Movies has a very intriguing thesis statement: “If we share a brotherhood of man, then we also share an insanity of man” (King). In his essay Stephen King mentions insanity multiple times. According
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