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Watching A Horror Movie Analysis
” Our emotions and our fears form their own body, and we recognize that it demands its own exercise to maintain proper muscle tone.” Stephan King quotes. Most people watch horror movies just to show that they are not afraid, to just watch it for fun, or even to release the inner kid in themselves. Insidious had to be one of the scariest movies I’ve ever saw. People really don’t like to be called names. That’s why most people actually go out and see a horror movie once it comes out in theater to show that they aren’t afraid. Even on a movie night while at home, in the darkest of night, with all the lights off, with the most scariest movie on and a bowl of popcorn, even then people don’t like to show they’re scared. That is until the bowl of

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