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Quote- Horror is an ancient art form. We have tried to terrify each other with tales which trigger the less logical parts of our imaginations for as long as we've told stories. From the ballads of the ancient world to modern urban myths, audiences willingly offer themselves up to sadistic storytellers to be scared witless, and they are happy to pay for the privilege. Theories abound as to why this is so; do we derive basic thrills from triggering the rush of adrenalin which fear brings, or do horror stories serve a wider moral purpose, reinforcing the rules and taboos of our society and showing the macabre fate of those who transgress?

Paraphrase : I like this paragraph. It tells how they have tried to scare people, using ballads from the ancient world, and Urban myths.I really like how it answers my question on how and why people love and want to get scarred, it sais "people offer themselves up to sadistic storytellers to be scared witless, and they are happy to pay for the privileges, and we derive basic thrills from triggering the rush of adrenalin which fear brings."

Quote - Horror movies have long served both purposes. They deliver thrills by the hearseload, as well as telling us stories of the dark, forbidden side of life (and death) - cautionary tales for grown ups. They also provide a revealing mirror image of the anxieties of their time.

paraphrase : I like this paragraph because it tells what horror movies are about in general.

Quote - Each generation gets the horror films it deserves, and one of the more fascinating aspects of the study of the genre is the changing nature of the monsters who present a threat. In the early 1940s, a world living under the shadow of Hitler's predatory tendencies identified a part-man, part-wolf as their boogeyman, whose bestial nature caused him to tear apart those who crossed his path. In the 1990s however, there was no need for a part wolf component: Jonathan Doe (Se7en 1994) and Hannibal Lecter (Manhunter 1986, Silence of the Lambs 1991, Hannibal 2001) were entirely human in their calculated and stylised killing methods. As we move on into the twenty first century, the ghosts and zombies are back in vogue as Eastern and Western superstitions converge, and once more we yearn for an evil that is beyond human. In an era of war and waterboarding, supernatural terror is more palatable than the fear inherent in news headlines.

Or perhaps it's genetic? Recent research has shown that the COMT gene dictates whether horror makes us laugh or scream -

Paraphrase : I like this because it states "each generation gets the horror movies it deserves." that is very true. Also they mention good horror movies and the years and time periods.


Citation - http://www.horrorfilmhistory.com/