fighting against our own kind and for what purpose? War. What is it good for? ‘Absolutely nothing’ according to soul singer Edwin Starr. Even today‚ turn on the TV any day of the week and we will be confronted by horrifying images straight out of a horror movie. Severed heads being carried by children. Innocent people slaughtered. How can we combat this all persuasive violence that seems to be part of our human race? Poets have found the answer. Poetry exposes the harsh realities and brutality of today’s
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The movie Psycho‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ is a classic horror film which combines many gothic elements into a deep and intriguing story. One of the gothic elements in the film is the masculine gothic theme. The son‚ Norman Bates‚ is the perfect representation of the masculine gothic theme incorporating things such as a male being dominated by a woman and victimizing the heroine. The classic gothic theme of murder is also incorporated into the film. Norman Bates mother murders are heroin in
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Yvette Tan’s Horror in “Waking the Dead and Other Horror Stories” Different from the Usual Since the dawn of time‚ horror has already been thriving on the Philippine mainstream (A. Paman‚ 2010). Men and women‚ old and young‚ alike‚ have been fond of being scared by the characters of the child-imitating tiyanak‚ the tree demon kapre‚ the vampire-like aswang‚ the horse-headed-human-bodied tikbalang‚ and the violent spirits‚ among others. When a typical Filipino is asked about what horror is for him
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We will learn that isolation is a very bad thing. How it can lead to misfortune and tragedy. When people think Frankenstein they think horror and terror. Really it is neither of those. The real terror is a monster that is abandoned by his creator and society and left in a world of loneliness and rejection. Mary Shelley is not your typical horror story author‚ but the events in her life lead her to bring many of her feelings of loss and abandonment to the novel. These events mostly
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INCOGNITUM HACTENUS art philosophy horror vol.1 Real HorrorContents Editorial Caryn Coleman and Tom Trevatt.....................................3 Martin Carl Neville........................................................................5 Terror! Ben Rivers........................................................................10 Knowing Horror Amanda Beech.................................................................12 A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher: Towards a Lovecraftian
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original Evil dead you will not find many horror films as near and dear to horror film fanatics’ hearts as this classic. Although it is now out-dated and known as a low budget film; these qualities are what made it such a great horror classic. Lacking the luxury of relying on a gigantic Hollywood budget and fancy effects the director used ingenuity to captivate people’s minds. Needless to say‚ it worked. Fast forward to 2013 and the remake of the original horror classic was released. The new Evil Dead
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aspect of what molds and shapes someone‚ or something to continue throughout their course of action. These characteristics capitalize upon another genre‚ horror fiction‚ in which Richard Matheson employs both these genres to build upon curiosity‚ suspense‚ and emotional distress in this dystopian world (Carroll 54-55)‚ Matheson utilizes an angle of horror in I Am Legend to build upon the “last” survivor of the world. Matheson capitalizes upon the belief of survival of the fittest in order to depict the
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genres is horror. Horror is a genre that seeks to coerce a negative reaction‚ such as fear or disgust‚ in audiences by manipulating their emotions. Depending on where the audience is from massively varies what they see as horror due to different cultural backgrounds and for this reason horror films are often given the prefix of its country of origin. One of the more unique countries of origin for horror is Japan where there is a heavy focus on the building of suspense and psychological horror. While
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Stephen King is known as one of the greatest horror and gothic writers of our time. The reason for this is his ability to fuse the gothic elements created by stories such as Dracula or Frankenstein and todays horror. King has written hundreds of short stories but two in-particular “The Night Flier” and “Popsy” show his unique ability to combined gothic elements from the old literature with realistic settings and people of our era. One of his greater talents is being able to use gothic element
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vs evil as he feels very bad for murdering his mother throughout the movie he desires to please his mother. It is a psychological thriller as well as Norman has a psychological disorder and the audience must watch his crazed split personality bring terror throughout the movie. Another theme in the movie was film noir which can
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