Does King's Opinion, What Function Do Horror Movies Have?

Summarize the main idea: in King’s opinion, what function do horror movies have?
This piece of writing has an explicit thesis, thus making it easy to identify his main idea . King expresses his point of view when he says “If we share a brotherhood of man, then we also share an insanity of man. None of which is intended as a defense of either the sick joke or insanity but merely as an explanation of why the best horror films, like the best fairy tales, manage to be reactionary, anarchistic, and revolutionary all at the same time.”
King believes that the ultimate function of Horror movies is to suppress the insane side ingrained in human nature, as they satisfy our internal craving for the horrifying, and gory.

In the opening paragraph, King

What is that claim? Give one statement or example from paragraphs 9-11 that King uses to support that claim. In the later paragraphs King claims that each human must exercise our deepest emotions and urges be them positive or negative, to truly embrace the nature of ourselves. He supports this claim when by utilizing his sick joke, “What’s the difference between a truckload of bowling balls and a truckload of dead babies?” He shows us one of many examples of humanity’s sick and twisted urges, and one of many ways people choose to satisfy them (in this case a ten year old boy).
What is the effect of ending the essay with a paragraph that contains only a fragment? This sentence fragment places great emphasis on King’s point. In the penultimate paragraph King describes our inner urges as crocodiles swimming in the depths begging for raw meat. By mentioning the crocodiles again, it brings this idea back into our heads. King reminds us to keep the crocodiles fed and satisfy our urges. A short fragment is useful at leaving much up to our imaginations, rather than handing answer to us on a silver platter, King ends his essay openly. This increases our depth of thought on his point and leaves us more likely to remember what he has just told