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    the walls‚ unsure if it is dream or reality‚ and characters – that are just “a little too friendly and helpful” – that leave the audience second-guessing who can and cannot be trusted. The film feels all too real to even be considered a horror film‚ which may be why it is one of the most effective horror films ever made. 1. Angles (high‚

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    Unfriended is an American horror film focusing on the topic of cyber bullying that commonly happens in youth today. The story begins when a girl named Laura Barns committed suicide after one of her classmates posted an embarrassing video of her through online platform‚ which is YouTube. She was very depressed because the footage on YouTube shows that she was drunk‚ defecating‚ and probably sexually assaulted. Worse‚ she felt more embarrassed because her videotape was leaked publicly without her consent

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    The Gibbard Block is the establishing shot of a horror film where a nice young couple chooses to honeymoon local in an elegant building that’s lasted more than a century. It’s romantic in a way that suggests some things withstand weather and time with grace. Branded with age‚ the block stands regal‚ all weathered red brick and cornice brackets‚ colored off-white by the time they’ve spent exposed. The first tier of the block is adorned with a green awning‚ the second‚ a neon sign that reads La Boheme

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    Horror films were created to make the audience feel emotions of fear and terror into their lives as well as making it entertaining for people to watch . Horror in general effectively centres on the negativity of reality‚ the thought of monsters‚ death‚ pain and blood makes a regular sane human being squeamish. Even though they are made to play on our worse fears‚ our worst nightmares yet somehow people always wish to watch these types of films‚ making it one of the most successful genre of films

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    (1): Classification 2013.12 Different Types of Horror-film Viewers Horror films have always been a popular genre among the movies. You might wonder: If the film is so scary and terrifying‚ why are people still willing to spend time and money to be frightened? What are they thinking when they are watching? Generally speaking‚ these people can be divided into three categories depending on their different motivations. The first type of horror movie fan is ‘’Excitement seekers’’. This kind of

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    Hitchcock’s amazingly directed film‚ Psycho is known as the “mother” of all modern horror suspense film. This film makes as there were not much progression of the horror movies since 1960s‚ when Psycho was produced. Before when Psycho was produced‚ horror movies generally produced with fictional creatures such as Dracula and Godzilla. Hitchcock was also well known for breaking the conservative way of producing the horror film and he produced new subgenre of horror film called ‘Slashers Movie’ which

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    The Representation of Women in Horror Films Traditionally‚ women in horror films are portrayed as damsels in distress that need to be rescued by male dominant characters in order to survive or live. They are weak‚ innocent and fragile that have absolutely no strength to fend for themselves. Women in horror films are also portrayed with no initiative – they always have to follow some kind of male dominant leader – and don’t have much personal perspective or opinions. Throughout the years since the

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    Horror in Films Alfred Hitchcock once said‚ “The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them” (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes). I do not make horror films‚ but I do watch them. Similar to Hitchcock‚ they help me face my fears. Do you associate horror films with your fears? My biggest fears are demonophobia‚ which is the fear of evil spirits‚ and taphephobia‚ which is the fear of being buried alive (Phobia Lists). These phobias most certainly helped in my decision to compare and contrast

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    are represented in the horror genre? In this essay I am going to look how woman are represented in the horror genre and how much of an impact it has on the success of the movie. In my research I seen that woman cover two main roles in the movies‚ the villain e.g. The Exorcist or the victim e.g. The others. When woman are the main villain in horror genre I found it mainly was teenage girls e.g. The Ring‚ The Exorcist‚ The Grudge and The Orphan. I think the reason many horror movies use young woman

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    The two movies I viewed were Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist‚ which were both directed by Tobe Hopper. Both films displayed the general rules horror films generally follow through the use of horror film genre conventions. For instance‚ both movies follow the good verses evil story lines and in each the end does ultimately win. However‚ this is not entirely true in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The friends represented the good and the chainsaw carrying monster and his family portrayed the evil

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