kept afraid of alleys‚ lakes and one time hookups for close to forty years. You could make an argument that the slasher is lifeblood of the entire horror genre. Fanning that flame is writer/director Benjamin R. Moody’s (his wife Rachel produces) Last Girl Standing but Last Girl Standing‚ is not your typical fanfare. While it is a "slasher"‚ the film leans heavy elements of both a psychological thriller and early 90’s Indie romance‚ weirdly enough. The flick starts where the standard slasher ends
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Horror films of today employ several film techniques to invoke responses from the viewer. However‚ early silent films relied more on these techniques because without a script‚ the viewer needs another way to interpret the film. The 1922 silent film Nosferatu directed by F.W. Murnau is one of the first of it’s kind to apply what most would consider to be more modern film techniques. Montage plays a key role in this film‚ as does unusual camera angles‚ over acting‚ early special effects‚ and
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life with thrill and excitement. However‚ the opportunity for enjoying something truly thrilling is not a lot. Horror movies or series may be the most convenient and easy way to experience the horror. Many of my friends love watching horror movie. A good horror movie brought viewer an unusual psychological experience. It filled with indescribable fear and surprises. I hate watching any horror movies because I am scared and couldn’t sleep well in the following couple weeks. I don’t understand why a lot
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Green Planet!’ (2003) borrows from and Rejects Hollywood‚ it is important to identify exactly what type of film it is and what it is trying to do. Save the Green Planet (STGP) is a very typical South Korean New Wave film. ‘New Waves’ in cinema are basically film movements which involve a series of experimental (and often young) film-makers who want to challenge the preconceptions of how films should be made‚ primarily because they are bored of watching the same tired concept be re-made over and over
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NARRATIVE AND NARRATION Narrative and narration in films are the way in which the audience follows the plot. The difference between narrative and narration is only really clear when both are understood properly. Narrative is basically the way we see all the events in a film unfold. E.g. ’Blair Witch Project’. A group of film students go into the woods to film a documentary about the myth of the Blair Witch. What we see is the people film everything that they do. We see (in a nutshell) them get
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is wrong (“One-third” 1)‚ which is ironic because horror films‚ such as Saw and Hostel‚ where victims are brutally murdered and ripped to shreds for the audience’s pure entertainment pleasure topped the box offices with their releases in 2004 and 2005. By looking at sociopolitical platforms and moral messages behind the ‘torture porn’ subgenre‚ it is apparent that this style of film is in fact art and has a prominent spot in the history of film‚ because it is expressive and forces people to come
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audience a threat that will do whatever it takes in order to claim its kill‚ and satiate its sadistic intentions in the process. In the successfully unnerving horror film of It Follows‚ the viewers follow the spine-chilling tale of a teenage girl trying to evade a supernatural STD hellbent on her demise. Throughout the duration of the horror flick‚ there is an abundance of chills and thrills‚ thanks to the true star of the show - the lurking monster itself. Being a supernatural entity capable of shapeshifting
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beliefs. Don’t you desire to reach people using the universal language - music? Film music is without a doubt about touching audience’s minds and evoke people in a certain way. It certainly isn’t around the music or the orchestra or the audience‚ however‚ it is the interconnection of all these elements that makes music alive. Being a film composer means that you will be the catalyst to trigger the crowd’s sensations. Film composing requires an abundance of creativity and technicality; it is the composer’s
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Rosemary’s Baby Originally pre-1960 Hollywood horror cinema consisted of stories of legendary figures gone rogue and classic horror tales. None represented evil. Evil is what makes human society imperfect‚ and through Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby‚ we were able to face evil first hand‚ in both a bestseller novel and critically acclaimed film adaptation. This novel redefined horror at its finest; satanic cults‚ scary hotels‚ and even mysterious herbs. It had it all‚ which made readers even more
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The Halloween season is here‚ and that means it’s time for Halloween movies! Maybe you’re a horror movie fanatic‚ or you prefer spooky but silly comedies. If you’re like me‚ you’re part of the second group- so here are the best Halloween movies for people who don’t love sleeping with the lights on. First up is the Disney cult classic‚ Hocus Pocus‚ directed by Kenny Ortega (the man behind the High School Musical franchise). It’s set on Halloween in Salem‚ Massachusetts. What starts as an innocent
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