We also go to re-establish our feelings of essential normality; thehorror movie is innately conservative, even reactionary.
Horror movies make us feel good about our own lives by showing use the pure evil of characters. By stripping away real-world morals and showing a clear line between good and bad, the genre reassures us of our own morality.
I think that we’re all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylumsonly hide it a little better — and maybe not all that much better, af-ter all.
King argues that horror movies give us a safe outlet for our suppressed negative and violent thoughts. In everyday society, we're expected to suppress these "anti-civilization" urges, so watching something scary acts as a way to let off steam without actually harming ourselves or anyone else.