more important‚ if not groundbreaking‚ accounts/recuperations of the horror film from a feminist perspective is Carol Clover’s Men‚ Women‚ and Chainsaw. One of the book’s major points concerns the structural positioning of what she calls the Final Girl in relation to spectatorship. While most theorists label the horror film as a male-driven/male-centered genre‚ Clover points out that in most horror films‚ especially the slasher film‚ the audience‚ male and female‚ is structurally ’forced’ to identify
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cultural event or extra credit and I knew of a few friends who were attending. I have absolutely no idea why I possibly thought this could end in such a way that I wasn’t completely terrified. I hate horror movies‚ haunted houses‚ and generally anything scary. Prior to Haunted High‚ I had only seen one horror movie‚ House at the End of the Street‚ and I only agreed to watch it if my cousin told me exactly what was going to happen and when. Anytime I hear a scary story I will spend the next week or two
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little girl‚ horror movies have always been my favorite. Horror movies have always caught my full attention; there is just something about the adrenaline rush you get that makes you crave more and more. Enough though every now and then I would get too scared to even sleep‚ I would keep watching horror movies. My parents always told me that horror movies were good life lessons. The films teach you to deal with and embrace real life fears and phobias. Also‚ did you know watching a horror movie is just
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work. A horror movie is usually shot with a filter to make it appear as dark as possible. Also‚ camera angles have a large part of establishing tension in a horror movie. One overlooked aspect of camera work‚ is the use of digital film. 28 Days Later takes full advantage of this developing medium and as a result‚ the movie is significantly more horrifying. The director of 28 Days Later‚ Danny Boyle‚ utilizes digital film in the movie. By using this style of camera work‚ it gives the film a grittier
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Horror Fanatics In Stephen King’s article‚ “Why We Crave Horror Movies” published in Playboy in December 1981‚ he gives his opinion on why we love it when he scares us to nightmares. King argues that horror films allow a safe release for what would otherwise be expressed as insane or even criminal behavior. Horror films have been around my life for as long as I can remember. By now you would think I would have a reason I love them so much; to be honest I don’t‚ but there’s just something about
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the aspect of horror and gothic. The film starts off with the mother‚ Grace‚ screaming when she woke up. Many things went through my head when that happened. As I thought about it more and more after the movie‚ I began to think that Grace woke up after killing herself and her 2 children. After she woke up‚ they began to tell the story of how they got to the end‚ where they are all dead. Something in the movie that really interested me was the psychological horror involved in the film. Psychological
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instance‚ a horror film is expected to illicit fear in the audience‚ while a musical is expected to have minimal spoken dialogue‚ and a dramatic tragedy is expected to have conflicts and end in a tragic or sad manner. Genre conventions and attributes contribute to the fulfillment of the genre theory. The genre conventions or techniques of a horror film such as recurring plot points featuring multiple murders‚ keeps the film grounded in the genre of horror‚ and gives definition and depth to the film. While
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the definitive predecessor‚ Cannibal Holocaust paved the way for films to be made in found footage fashion and taken seriously‚ providing multiple influences for filmmakers to recreate throughout time. Cannibal Holocaust is about an anthropologist that leads a rescue team to the South American jungle in search of a missing team of four American filmmakers that were documenting footage of cannibal tribes‚ only to return with a film that features extreme acts of disturbing‚ inhumane content. Upon
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be researching and analysing two horror movie trailers which will help me understand the codes and conventions that should be included when producing my own project. These two trailers will be of the recent films ‘The Possession’ (show film poster) and ‘House at the End of The Street’ (show film poster). I will also be analysing the trailer for ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ (show film poster) showing the contrasting genre‚ comedy. The 6.4 star rated film ‘The Possession’ is directed by
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brutal‚ exhausting‚ and genuinely horrifying little ghost flick that really makes me rethink my stance on horror films altogether. “Paranormal Activity” has wonderful performances and excellent direction that sell the packaged found footage concept depicting a supernatural occurrence that inevitably ruins a happy couple. “Paranormal Activity” has become a slightly controversial independent film by continuing the pretense that what we seen here may or may not be fictional. The people behind this
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