GENRE Film genres represent classification of movies into groups that have similar and familiar themes‚ settings‚ filmic techniques‚ period‚ plot‚ motifs and stars. Genre is easy to recognize but it is very difficult to define. Because of a changing nature of genres and subgenres‚ their fusion and our changing perception toward art‚ independent or foreign films that are becoming its own genre in western viewers eyes. Film genre creates some expectations for its audience. Most films within a
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A hopeful actress gets her first break in a zombie film‚ but then real life zombies trapped the cast and crew on the set and they have to battle to survive. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: CURTIS (40’s) is a desperate movie director who needs his new zombie film to succeed. When his current actress is not working out‚ he decides to find a new actress. VANESSA (20’s) is a hopeful‚ budding actress‚ working as a waitress. She’s star struck when she meets Curtis and the lead actor‚ MARK (20’s). When Vanessa realizes
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A Craving for Horror: Based on the Works of Stephen King Stephen King’s work asserts macabre and grim moods to support that we are intrigued by horror films because ‘we’re all mentally ill’ (King‚ “Why We Crave Horror” 1). King uses “Strawberry Spring” to provide the reader a rush to show “that we are not afraid” of whatever grim scenes are to follow (King‚ “Why We Crave…” 1). He opens the story with a narrative of Gale Cerman’s death in which the narrator describes the unusually spine-chilling
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essay is available at the end of the article for reference. An Excuse for Horror: Stephen King’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies” The first Stephen King novel I read‚ Christine‚ was chilling‚ weird‚ creepy‚ and strange. But I loved it. The second‚ Carrie‚ was even less normal‚ and I was enthralled by it‚ too. How could these horror stories of a possessed‚ homicidal car and a supernatural‚ misunderstood‚ vengefully murderous teen be a story for
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Sleepy Hollow’ film Review Blood and murder usually go down a treat for the people who love gore but this is not the case in the movie Sleepy Hollow’. Repetition is the key to an ultimately predictable film. Just as in any other film we see a substance with a resemblance to blood fall onto a piece of paper. This tells our minds the movie will have elements of horror. Then two hands‚ male and female‚ clasp. A headless horseman then appears decapitating an innocent man on the run in the woods
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the beast In the essay‚ "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by the author Stephen king; He tries to explain how a two-hour horror film may be one’s way of stepping out of life’s boundaries and all the expectations on what is right and wrong. He states that it’s a relief of ones inner violence‚ a fix of adrenaline and fun and it dares the nightmare. You get to face your biggest fear from the comfort of your own home‚ and that’s not to say that a good horror movies can and will make you jump from your
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Everyone Has a Little Manson Inside What is horror? Stephen King (a well-known author) a master of horror‚ he writes an interesting story in Why We Crave Horror Movies‚ which gives reasons why people crave‚ need‚ and want horror their lives. In Two horrific twisted flicks Misery written by Stephen King himself directed by Rob Reiner and “The Doll: Amelia” a short suspenseful story of three in Trilogy of Terror directed by Dan Curtis‚ these insane and psychotic reasons come to life with many similarities
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Horror films have been around since the 1920’s when Frankenstein and Dracula were created‚ Horror is a good genre to analysis because there are many sub-genre’‚ Slasher is a popular genre ‚ recent slasher films are popular amoungst a younger audience. The American slasher film has its roots in an Italian genre called giallo which usually combines elements of the crime thriller with stalk and slash style scares. John Carpenter got the sub-genre off the ground with Halloween in 1978‚ and pretty soon
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realizes the truth. With the central plot being based mainly on the ghost of Nak and her often brutal interactions with other characters‚ the film could generally be regarded as a horror story. However‚ the evident focus on the concepts of Buddhism‚ achieved through the director’s choice of presentation‚ essentially set aside the horror elements to reveal a film that ultimately highlights the efficacy of Buddhism. Nang Nak is heavily embedded with references to Buddhist beliefs. Nak clinging onto
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phenomenon‚ and it is been changing to worse. Seeing some of the things on television or in a movie or on the internet nowadays really makes you question the intelligence of humans as species. “why we crave horror movies” by Stephen King‚ makes us to think and get an idea of why we love to watch horror movie. People like scary movies because they make them feel good. Even though people scream‚ shout or even cry during some scary movies they end up feeling better about themselves because of realizing that
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