The 10 best Stephen King books, by a fan of the horror master
Have you ever wondered why certain individuals take pleasure in spooking themselves silly with popular films, television and literature?
According to Johns Hopkins University, stimulation is one of the driving forces behind the consumption of horror. Cortisol is released as a result of this, which can evoke simultaneous feelings of joy and anxiety – with the former often trumping the latter for horror enthusiasts. There is a strange, almost addictive sensation aroused by fear-inducing media and sublimations.
The adoration for the horror genre has not been diluted over time. It still has a hold on modern society, and our inability to look away has continued to reign supreme centuries after supernatural stories first began to grace bookshelves.
From Henry James and Bram Stoker to Edgar Allen Poe, there’s yet to be an era more obsessed with the ghostly and macabre than the Victorian. H.P. Lovecraft built on this period’s fascination with the supernatural, writing instant classics such as(1926) and (1928).
