They are carefully built to shock, thrill and chill. And they are designed not only to make you scream, but to make millions. Make that billions. But horror movies are always around. It's still the youth and teen-agers who go to the movies most often, and it's a popular genre among them.
Young people like to get scared.
It likes to get the sensation without suffering the consequences. Or it could backfire, because if someone laughs or makes a comment, it breaks that tension and the fear is gone. And though film may scare millions of dollars from the pockets of moviegoers, scary literature also has a long and profitable history. His books have been translated into 33 different languages and published in over 35 countries. There are over 300 million copies of King novels currently in publication.