Scary Movies

Americans love a good scare. We go to haunted house, tell ghost stories, read scary books, and watch scary movies. We live for the thrill. Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” This statement is very true because we love the adrenaline rush that happens when something scares us. This is why we pay up $20 just to go in a haunted house and much more for admission into an amusement park. There is always a murder mystery show playing on TV or shows about the most wanted killers in America. When these shows start playing, we become glued to the TV.

There are some channels that play only murder mystery shows. This is something I don't understand. You can only watch a couple murder shows until you start feeling a tad bit depressed. But a whole channel dedicated to it? Too much. Imagine being a victim of this kind a violence and having it be all over TV.

Apart from murder shows on TV, there are numerous scary movies too watch. Usually they aren't even that scary. “Scary” movies are scary because of suspense or blood and guts. The story lines are events that would never happen in real life. Especially the zombie and alien abduction movies. But these movies put a picture in our mind about all the impossible things that maybe, somehow, could happen and then kill us. Most of the time, the characters in these movies are just dumb but their stupidity is what makes the movies good. For some reason when a killer enters their house, they just stay there and run around. That would most likely not happen in real life. Normal people with average intelligence would know to get the hell out of there.

Even though most scary movies are just bad, there are some really good ones. These good ones actually have interesting characters and a real storyline. Americans will always love scary things because we live the rush they give us. It's natural. Maybe, someday scary shows and movies will start actually becoming interesting. (361)