Horror movies aims to achieve scare the viewer: the mysterious and unknown character death, bodily violation, and loss of identity. Its main objective is to get answers from fear or repulsion of his audience, either through suggestion and creating mood or graphing. Horror paradoxically provides pleasure, causing a response that can be controlled by fear presumably is cathartic. The stories of fear and the unknown are timeless, definitely starting around the prehistoric campfire (Horror Films, 2007).
Horror films address both universal fears and cultural ones, exploiting timeless themes of violence, death, sexuality, and our own beastly inner nature, as well as more topical fears such as atomic radiation in the 1950s and environmental contamination in the 1970s and 1980s. As Stephen King observes, horror “is extremely limber, extremely adaptable, extremely useful ’’ (p. 81).
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It is important to be aware, that all good things can become abused or overused when not used in moderation especially in regards to some audiences. This situation can be compared to junk food. Junk food is okay in moderation; however, if it is consumed in large or excess amounts, it can lead to problems especially in combination with a variety of other factors. Same goes with horror movies, they are fine in moderation; however, when combined with other issues and watched in large quantities, it is possible that there may become issues. I strongly believe that overall horror movies do not have a direct negative impact on