Keeping the Light On Although watching horror movies may produce negative psychological effects‚ horror movies can be some people first choice for entertainment. Referring to the essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by author Stephen King‚ who stated that “When we pay our four to five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie‚ we are daring the nightmare.” People are always thrilled to go see horror movies in the theatres without thinking of the consequences.
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Rocky Horror Picture Show The Rocky Horror Picture Show is an allegory of where society was in the 1970s. Many young people were coming of age in the post 1960s sexual revolution. The climate of free love was butting up against the conservative regime of the times. In RHPS the characters run the gamut of sexual awareness. The author used a parody of the outwardly conservative and highly censored sci-fi films of the 1950s to give a glimpse into the underground sexual scene of the time. The
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‘Night’ – Close Analysis Elie Wiesel’s memoir ‘Night’ shows concepts of dehumanisation and savagery through the times of the Holocaust. Wiesel documents his experiences of hardship and atrocities to warn future generations of what occurred so that history doesn’t repeat itself. Through two passages we see images of the brutality that had occurred throughout the journey Elie had experienced. Although the passages are similar‚ they differ from each other because they’re both different experiences
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CORALINE Adapted from a Neil Gaiman book‚ the story of Coraline would be best described as a gothic‚ horror. It’s nothing like most fairy tales‚ this movie features lots of intense action and lots of spots throughout the movie that gives you an adrenaline rush. It offers a good range of the strange‚ abnormal and supernatural storyline which includes; bugs‚ ghosts‚ and the terrible Other mother. Coraline can be viewed as a dark and grim fairy tale by most people that choose to watch it. Coraline
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30 Days of Night 30 Days of Night is a horror film written by Ben Templesmith and Steve Niles about a small town held hostage by blood thirsty vampires for a month during which they slaughter virtually everyone. The movie is written in such a way as to capture the viewer’s attention and provoke different feelings such as fear and pity. The author uses a lot of persuasive strategies in horrifying the viewer. The movie starts off with sound effects that melodramatize the viewer by stirring up emotions
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No Coincidence One Summer Night‚ written by Ambrose Bierce‚ is a satirical story which involves a presumably dead man‚ Henry Armstrong‚ who was in fact comatose‚ being ironically killed by the shady caretaker of the graveyard. Irony is a recurring literary device in many of Bierce’s short stories and books‚ reflective of his time period where satire and sarcasm in stories was popular. Bierce is quite known for his similarities in plot outlines in his literature. In his most famous short story‚ An
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Stephen King Stephen King is not any ordinary author. He is pretty much known as one of the most successful writers in the genre of horror fiction. King has been praised for his characterization‚ his settings and most of all his genius to combine science fiction‚ fantasy and horror fiction. Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21‚ 1947‚ in Portland‚ Maine. His parents were Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. King also had an adopted older brother named David. His father Donald was born
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Elie Wiesel is one of the few jews who got take away during the holocaust‚ and survived. Elie tells of his experience in his book‚ Night. In Night‚ dehumanization played a huge role in the horrors that occurred‚ because it was much easier for a nazi to kill hundreds of jews at a time if they were thought of as no more than a roach. Though dehumanization is not something that happens immediately; it takes slowly removing all their freedoms and personal possessions‚ until they don’t have a name anymore
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In today’s horror media‚ there is arguably nothing more popular than the zombie movie. There have been many‚ many horror movies that have come out in recent times the main predecessor being Night of the Living Dead. There have been popular zombie shows‚ such as The Walking Dead‚ even popular zombie video games like The Last of Us. But why are zombies so popular in today’s media? One could argue that it is because zombie movies and other zombie media address the modern person’s fears. Specifically
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The 1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata‚ Ringu‚ is the highest grossing horror film in Japan. Its influence on numerous Asian horror films that followed is seen in many of the narrative‚ visual‚ and thematic similarities that they all share. The Thai horror film The Victim is one example. This essay will discuss the role that the media and technology plays‚ along with the treatment of the supernatural in both Ringu and The Victim. Lastly‚ it will show how both films share similar complex narrative
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