"Why We Crave Horror Movies"

“Why We Crave Horror Movies” Stephen King

                His audience could be anyone from his fan base to someone who just wonders why they need to see Saw IV even though they have seen Saw I-III already. His audience could also be someone in the psychological field. I don’t think it was intended for any one audience. I could just be Stephen King trying to figure out why one of his characters behaves the way he does, and then King stumbled upon a human truth. Or it could be he was curious as to why he was so famous for both his books and movies. Which ever way, he wrote it and I am his audience because I read it. (I can’t believe it have taken me four essays to figure out this answer, it seems so obvious)

                His rhetorical appeals actually in the writing were more pathos and logos, but because of who he is and his name recognition I had a sense of ethos because who better to know why we are so fascinated by horror movies than the man who has writing some of the greatest horror books and screenplays? His ethos comes through in that he brings everyday little things like picking your nose on a bus and equates it with an outlet for your own insanity. His logos is most apparent in his statement “Some of the reasons are simple and obvious.” Then he goes on to enumerate the reasons and facts about why people are fascinated with nightmarish images. Though if he point was to convince you that all people are a little insane, I would have to agree with him. Simply because who can remain sane in the midst of life’s insanity?