I sat on my front porch on a cold‚ dark Halloween night. The wind howled as it blew straight through my bones. The crisp smell of leaves from colorful layers over my lawn flowed through the air. The only light visible was that of the street lamp at the end of the street. It was giving off a creepy glow setting me in a nervous mood. Then I finally saw a pair of headlights come over the hill approaching my house. Finally the car pulled up to my driveway. I instantly jumped into the back seat. I let
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Honors English 11 5 November 2014 Commonplace Insanity Renowned horror author Stephen King is known for his humorous and macabre articles‚ like‚ "Why We Crave Horror Movies". King uses humor‚ metaphors‚ and relates to readers on a personal level. The point that he makes in the article is that we are all a little bit insane which is why entertainment is found in the macabre such as horror movies‚ games‚ or novels. King states that horror movies are humankind’s method of feeding the instinctive‚ insane
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and the awakening use conventions of the gothic horror” This essay will entail a comparison of the conventions of gothic horror apparent in the films Women in Black and The Awakening‚ both films have created a gothic horror by using the conventions in similar and different ways. Firstly the characters have been portrayed in a certain way in both films to fit gothic horror‚ the characters are extremely vulnerable which is often present in gothic horrors‚ this is so to make the emotional pain for the
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in traditional Chinese families? 2) Halloween In October many shop windows in Britain turn orange and black‚ with pumpkins‚ witches‚ broomsticks and cats. What do young people do to celebrate Halloween? Read this article to find out. Flying witches‚ pumpkin lanterns‚ trick or treat... What do you know about Halloween? Here are some Halloween facts to get started. •Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. This isn’t a public holiday in Britain. •Halloween is the night before the Catholic festival
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The genre of horror was created in 1896 and set out to frighten the audience with induced feelings of terror and horror. The sub-genre of Vampires does this‚ but the way it induces these feelings has changed over time‚ with the two features of Male Vampires and Female Victims representing this change. Three movies that exemplify the aspect of change within the two features are‚ Dracula (1931) directed by Tod Browning‚ Fright Night (1985) directed Tom Holland and Twilight (2008) directed by Katherine
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Simon Parkhurst English 1301 1/28/11 A Summary of “Why We Crave Horror Movies” By Stephen King Before I got pregnant with my son‚ I used to love watching scary movies. My favorite was all of the “Saw” movies‚ but there was a few I’m still scared of watching to this day. In “Why We Crave Horror Movies”‚ Stephen King explains how each and every one of us have some kind of weird and twisted side that likes to see the horror in some daily things. He talks about riding on the roller coasters at
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show‚ Rebellion and Culture Throughout this essay I will be considering to what extent the Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) relates to both the punk and glam rock sub-cultures‚ which occurred throughout Britain and America during the 1970’s. To investigate the association between the RHPS‚ punk and glam rock sub-cultures‚ several aspects of the production and both the sub-cultures will be considered. Some of the aspects to be taken in to account are; the clothing‚ styles
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See Rocky Horror Like You’ve Never Seen It Before! The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event at the Kirby Center of Performing Arts is an event filled with community‚ care‚ and a uniqueness that is impossible to find anywhere else. Rocky Horror Picture Show is a famous tale to rock generations‚ it appears. Everyone knows about it; whether it be through the strange movie plotline itself or the seemingly stranger fanbase. This movie has brought about a whirlwind of controversy‚ and the lifelong fans couldn’t
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In the 1960 film "Little Shop of Horrors"‚ the main character‚ Seymour acquires a strange plant‚ which‚ we find out later‚ talks‚ lives off blood and eats people. The main idea of this film is when you try to please everyone without regard to yourself you end up loosing yourself. The other characters in the story revolve around Seymour and this bizarre plant. He names the plant after his crush Audrey‚ who is an assistant in the flower shop where he works. The owner of the shop‚ Mr. Mushnick‚ is a
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genre conventions are used to raise audience expectations in horror movie trailers. ‘The word genre means ‘type’ or ‘category’’ (Teach yourself film studies) it is really important as an audience member to recognise genres as then things become categorised and easier for them to understand which is more comforting. Sometimes however genres are crossed and categories are broken for example sometimes we have ‘action thrillers’ or ‘sci-fi horrors’ this is known as a hybrid genre. This often intrigues the
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