Prosthetic special effects are illusions or visual tricks used in film‚ television‚ theatre‚ and video games to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual world. This field of practical effects is more essential to horror than it is to any other genre. Prosthetic makeup consists of severed limbs to acid-spitting aliens‚ from expertly applied knife wounds to the walking dead‚ from heaping piles of spilled intestines to howling creatures of the night. They have the power to bring to life‚ out
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captivating and entertaining the audience at the same time. Horror films feature a range of styles from the earliest silent films‚ to todays CGI monsters and deranged humans. There are many subgenres of horror: slasher‚ teen terror‚ serial killers‚ Dracula and so forth. Two Interesting Facts In the film The Exorcist (1973) the main actor Ellen Burstyn received a
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tall tale teller himself‚ he wanted to see Radley Place. There might even be an innocent reason‚ an adventure with his new friends. For all we know it could be sheer curiosity‚ but for the sake of literature there is a meaning behind it. Dracula‚ the movie of 1931‚ seen by Charles Baker Harris 12 times. To Dill‚ Boo Radley is just another horror story that he was anticipating to see. Boo Radley’s story intrigues Dill‚ after all it was like a film come to life There was a time when Boo Radley went
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Susan Hayward Cinema Studies The Key Concepts(‚ Routledge‚ 1999) 5. Jill Nelmes (ed) An introduction to film studies 3rd edition (Routeledge‚ 2003) Filmography TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles‚ USA‚ 1958) Dracula (Tod Browning‚ Universal‚ US‚ 1931) Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian‚ Paramount‚ US‚ 1931) The War of the Worlds (Byron Haskin‚ Paramount‚ US‚ 1953) Invasion of the body snatchers (Don Siegel‚ Allied Artists‚ US‚ 1955) Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock‚ Shamley‚ US‚ 1960) Night of the Living Dead
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figure amassed not only one of the largest fan bases in film‚ but directly influenced its own underground culture. Bela Lugosi donned the crimson cape in 1927 as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel‚ where he was talent-spotted as a character actor for the new Hollywood talkies‚ appearing in the first Dracula film with sound. It would be four years later‚ with the movie adaptation of that play that vampires would become a public icon. Here we are almost ninety years later‚
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the film is not. Horror movie title music creates a mood‚ insinuating the viewer into this world where the normal and abnormal collide. The sounds must match that as well. The main title music of horror films is at its base‚ the same‚ from Jaws to Dracula‚ the music is characterized by sharp contrasts in volume and timbre. This distinction in notes helps to create a feeling of unknowing that resonates with the audience. Legendary composer John Williams is known for distinctive tones in many of the
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Contents Page 1. Abstract Page PG. 2 2. Acknowledgements PG. 3 3. Introduction PG. 4 Discussion - 4. History of the Horror Genre PG. 5 - 9 - 5. Slasher Films and the Gender roles PG. 9 - 13 - 6. Comedy Horror PG. 13 - 16 - 7. Postmodernism and the Horror Film PG. 16 - 18 - 8. Case Study: Scream Vs. Scary Movie PG. 18 - 22 9. Conclusion PG. 23 Bibliography PG. 25 - 27 1. Abstract Page I have researched
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Hotel Transylvania a Review by Stasya Desnafira‚ 1206242605 This movie starts at the time where Mr. Dracula had joyfull moments seeing stages of her daughter (Mavis) growth from baby to a teenager. Time went by‚ and finally the hotel that he made is finally finished. This hotel is not like any hotel that exist‚ ‘Hotel Transylvania’ is a hotel for monsters. Dracula‚ werewolf‚ mummy‚ blob‚ frankenstein‚ invinsible man‚ zombie‚ and any other monster you could name from comic books are the one who
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Balkans‚ 75).Supernatural and unexplainable events are crucial to the plot of a gothic story. Often‚ they act as the backbone of the plot and many of the circumstances and coincidences rest upon them. After reading Goldworthy’s piece and Stokers Dracula I intend to prove that the setting and the idea of a supernatural being are the most crucial parts to a gothic story. Most of the settings choose in gothic tales tended to be in the Eastern half of Europe‚ because the Eastern part of Europe was
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vampire hunter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula to restore order to a world interweaving the plots of Frankenstein‚ and The Wolfman. The hero of Van Helsing has been stripped of any memory of his character’s history and triumphs but must seek to vanquish his enemy aided only my the folklore of 19th century Eastern Europe. Without a sense of identity‚ Van Helsing accepts this task joined by the beautiful Anna Valerious who is cursed by her ancestors’ promise to destroy Dracula. The duo must face endless threats
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