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SQ4R Assessment for Why We Crave Horror Movies, Written by Stephen King
Step 1: Survey
Title:
From the essay’s title, I infer that Stephen King wrote it in 1982 and is about horror films and possibly about dread (357). “Why We Crave Horror Movies” is an article by Stephen King (King 357). King’s title intrigues the reader to continue reading, as the author is famously associated with horror (357). By offering insight into a question, the title evokes thoughts and prime memories of horror movies from the past in the reader even before the essay begins.
The Length and Set-Up:
Including the preface, the essay is four pages long and divided
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You may be less motivated to do such things when you are 60 (King 357).
• Freda Jackson’s performance as the hideous melting lady in Die, Monster, Die! shows that we still have a long way to go before we are completely ugly, even though Robert Redford and Diana Ross have a long way to go before they are hideous (King 357).
• One reviewer said watching horror movies is like going to a public hanging in the 21st century compared to watching professional football (King 357).
• The famous “fairy tale” horror movie tries to be as honest as possible for its target audience (King 357–358).
• Scary movies likely help with this because we rarely permit ourselves to be simple, irrational, or baffling (King 358).
• We can act more like children again, like seeing things in black and white instead of the shades of grey we have learned to appreciate as adults (King 358).
• We should let ourselves show all our feelings or work hard to keep them in check (King 358).
• Even though we are all insane, our levels of insanity will be very different (King