People look to comedy movies to laugh just as they look to scary movies to be frightened. Producers and directors of these films include key elements to fulfill the audience’s wants. In scary movies producers use elements such as: colors, foreshadowing, symbolism, camera angles, sounds, etc. to heighten the suspense and scare factor of the film. In Robert Zemeckis’s films he uses these techniques to scare the audience and build up the suspense. Zemeckis specifically uses foreshadowing and camera angles, in What Lies Beneath, to generate suspense and prove that everything is not always as it seems.…
Horror movies bright out the demon in everyone. Normally someone would not be rooting on a person getting sawed in half with a chainsaw or getting stabbed in the back with a knife in the shower. In Steven King’s Why We Crave Horror Movies he discusses why people love horror movies so much. Of course, some people are not a fan of horror movies. Not everyone can handle the jump scares and gore, however some people can sit and watch the massacre for hours. Horror movies supply people with an adrenaline rush and a sensation of fear while bringing out the sociopath side found within everyone.…
For those who prefer horror films tend to really love to be frighten or grossed out of their mind. They also really like the suspense and anxiety horror movies offer.…
This is fun with a twist, macabre and voyeuristic, and enjoyed from the particular vantage point of knowing that it is not real, and more importantly, that it cannot happen to us. The thrill of a horror movie allows not only a suspension of reality, but also of the cynical, jaded view of reality that we feel, as adults, we must bring to bear on our lives.…
With the large variety of interests that flourish within the society, it is no shock that genres exist, especially in film, as the definition of entertainment differs from person to person. A genre is a category of films that are characterised by similarities in the narrative elements and conventions found within the films. Genres are extremely useful to both film producers and audiences as it helps them narrow down the target audience and search for films that are in their range of interests. No one wants to watch a political drama overrun with teenagers or go into a cinema with the intentions of watching a romantic comedy, only to receive blood and gore instead.…
The first one is showing our courage, that we are not afraid in horror movie. It doesn’t mean that we don’t scream. In contrast, we scream when the roller coaster twists through a complete 360. Horror movie just like roller coaster, if it can’t make us scream only means the movie is not excited enough.…
Horror movies test us on our fears, desires and mentality. As from the king’s thesis, “the reason we all crave horror movies is because we are all mentally ill”. That gives a point that we need to watch horror movies just to release our tension.Some people prefer horror movies for a different reason. They want to prove to themselves that they are brave and that they fear nothing. People always try to prove certain things true when they are not that sure of themselves. Even though they choose to watch these things, the images are still disturbing for many people.But people have the ability to pay attention as much or as little as they care to in order to control what effect it has on them, emotionally and…
The building of emotion, whether it is romantic love or deep hatred, can make a low-budget film into a blockbuster hit. Directors are constantly trying to build this deep feeling and emotion to make blockbuster hits. Alfred Hitchcock made hit films but instead, he built suspense – so much that it scared women from showering alone for years. Hitchcock’s appropriate label as the “Master of Suspense” came supremely out of his number one thriller, Psycho. His genius cinematic view shaped modern-day thrillers and horrors, and many of his techniques are still used today in such films. Hitchcock’s combined use of eerie sounds, high camera angles, creepy settings, and misleading tricks make Psycho one of the best (if not, the best) thriller ever made.…
Suspense is the name of the game when making a movie. Suspense is a strange aspect in film, the audience almost knows that something is going to jump out, but they still scream as if it was unexpected. Alfred Hitchcock was the king of suspense, especially in his film Psycho. Hitchcock uses different camera angles, lighting, and especially music/sound effects to really get the audience's heart racing.…
The key elements in a good horror film include good actors, marking visuals, and a large budget. On the other hand, intense, descriptive imagery and longer lasting suspense is crucial in successful horror novels. A novel cannot be directly and exactly translated into film given limitations motion pictures have. Most of the time, other elements such as visual effects have to be added in order to scare the audience through the visual medium. Therefore, a terrifying novel may very well turn into a rather bland film if not properly executed in the same way that a bland novel can be turned into a chilling film through strong additions, direction, and…
In the essay, "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King the author tries to prove that the modern day horror movie is are relief of violence, are fix of adrenaline and fun, and also something that can dare the nightmare. In a lot of ways these things can be related to real life situations. My relief of violence is playing video games, and my fix of fun and adrenaline is when I play football, and something that dares my nightmare is when I challenge my brother.…
Almost each week a new movie comes out in theater and there is always somebody that wants to see it. There are many different types of movies that are made, more and more are being made each year. Princess movies for the children. Comedy movies for the people that are in search for a laugh. Then there are the people that are in seek of movies that cause different opinions.…
In this essay I will be comparing two films, ‘Vertigo’, and ‘Trust’. I picked these movies off the list not knowing what they were about, but the synopsis I read on them sounded interesting. I will discuss the use of cinematography and the genres of the films, and describe how effective they are. I will also look at the characters, action, plot and atmosphere created in these films.…
To most people, horror is the genre that makes them become gregariously incautious, meaning that they treat others without respect. The majority believe that this leads to the massive killings you see on the news. This is the opposite approach a screenwriter takes upon writing a screenplay. The screenwriter wants to allow one viewer to openly express their internal fears with other members of the audience through screams and shrills. Before horror was even meant to hit the big screen, it originated long before then back in 1896.…
A horror movie usually deals with supernatural and fantastic matters in a grisly way with the specific intent to disgust and shock audiences.…