King's thesis statement is most likely the fact that even though these movies are "horror" movies and will most likely be scary, we still feel the craving to want to go and watch these movies no matter if we have nightmares or not.
While King refers to "Jack The Ripper" and "The Cleveland Torso Monster", he is supporting this theory by saying, people would much rather watch somebody being murdered or hear about the murder than do simple things, this is fun to them on a different level!
When King calls horror movies "innately conservative, even reactionary", he is referring to them as; the movie is how the watcher makes it, if he or she thinks it is scary than that is how the watcher will feel, but others may have different opinions on the movie. When King states that horror movies are "anarchistic, and revolutionary", he just means; depending upon the viewer again it depends upon their reaction, but if the horror movies are constantly changing then the viewer is more likely to be intrigued by the movie.
King refers to the term "alligators", he is meaning that these are the people who crave the horror, such as the characters in the movie, or just the viewer of the movie. He also states, "all you need is love as long as you keep the gators fed", he is just simply meaning if there is a lot of horror than the alligators are going to be happy.
I agree with King when he says that horror movies and human nature is linked. Human nature is the way one person reacts to horror movies. Myself, I love horror movies, there is some movies that I jump out of my seat with because I believe that the part being shown in the movie is scary, but others might not believe that this same part in the movie is scary. One might believe that Rose Red by Stephen King isn't a very scary horror movie, but I believe that it is scary, considering it is a house that builds itself. So, it is all based upon how the viewer takes the movie and what the viewer's point of view is.
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