#1 The first article is “Why do People Like Horror Movies?” by Guest Columnist. It mainly talked about the reason why some people enjoy horror movie. In this article, Guest explains simply that people have a demand for horror element based on biology and psychology, especially for teenager or young adult. They watch horror movie not just for fun. They watch it so they can know what it is like to be in a horror environment like murder. People want to have a taste about how these horror works in real life. So they try to get information from movies in order to find something useful to learn. Guest has a real impressive conclusion, he said ” If fear is experienced over and over, onscreen or otherwise, it makes a person stronger in the face of real threats”( Columnist 2009). So his whole point is people enjoy watching horror movies because they want to learn something from it.
#2 The second article is “Why we Love Scary Movies” by Richard Sine. It has similar point as the first article, but more focus on why young teenager like horror movie. One of the reason is young teenager like horror movie simply because their parents don’t like they watch horror type of things. It is just a teenagers behavior to against parents. However, the more standard explanation is people “seek out violent entertainment as a way of coping with actual fears or violence”(Sine 2007). So Sine Richard agrees that people enjoy horror movie because they want to know how fear feels like.
In “Why Horror” By Noel Carroll, he asked a question about “why are horror audiences attracted by what, typically(in everyday life), should (and would) repel them?”(Carroll 2002). The answer is pretty simply. These people who enjoy horror movie like to have a close taste of how fear or violent feels like. It doesn’t necessary means these audience have psycho issue, but it proves that these people want to know how horror feels like no matter they like it or not. Personally, I don’t really watch horror movie a lot because it’s scary and creep me out. I might have a nightmare because this horror movie. So usually I try to avoid watching horror movie, but it doesn’t mean I don’t ever watch one. I do watch some, but only some are acceptable to my feels. Horror is just a strange thing. We agree it is not natural, but people still keep enjoying it because the adventure it brings.
Columnist,G.(2009). Why Do People Like Horror Movies?. The Jacksonville Observer. http://www.jaxobserver.com/2009/10/24/why-do-people-like-horror-movies/
Sine, R.(2007). Why We Love Scary Movies. Mental Health Center. http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/why-we-love-scary-movies
Yiqi,
I think that your first article relates to the reading a lot and I enjoyed your analysis there. I also noticed a few other comparisons. Just like your first article, where you state that the article summary is “people enjoy watching horror movies because they want to learn something from it”. This relates to the article where Carroll discusses our need to satisfy our curiosity. I do not, however, agree with you that Carroll is trying to say that we want to know what fear or violence feels like. I think the article is more saying that we want to find answers. We do not enjoy the actual feeling of violence, pain, fear, etc., but rather the ending where we are relieved of such feelings and are happy once again. I think the want to feel relief from the fear is something that people use to cope with their daily lives. We all have other things we fear, such as mortgages, bills, etc., and knowing that this fear is not a real daily situation allows us to relieve ourselves from real life struggles.