“Would you like to join me to see a horror movie?” When my friends ask me some thing about this, I always refuse them, because I really can’t stand the tensions from the horror movies. So why horror? Why some people like and enjoy the horror things?
In WHY HORROR?, Carroll mentioned that “The horror genre gives every evidence of being pleasurable to its audience, but it does so by means of trafficking in the very sorts of things that cause disquiet, distress, and displeasure.” (page 275) In my perspective, this is the magic of horror, because it can show us another kind of form of art, which is opposite to the original beauty. People might feel bad when they see the horror pictures or movies. Nevertheless, they can feel more excited when they see these scary things. Frankly speaking, I am afraid of some horror movies from Japan and Thailand, By seeing the movie poster and introduction, for example a very popular Japanese horror movie- Ju-on, It is really challenging for me to watch it. However, there are lots of horror movie fans love it.
People like finding some fresh and new things. Sometimes the thing is weird and abnormal, but they still want to challenge it and finally show off how brave they are. For me, the horror movie is kind of challenge; but for some people, it might be a kind of entertainment because they enjoy the tensions and horrors which is provided by horror movies.
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