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    are mediums through which we view things. Three very different films also all take on very different critique styles. This essay will look at three films- Halloween‚ 300‚ and Frozen and the different critique styles under which they are viewed. Gender roles have been a theme for many films throughout time. One movie that particularly challenges the idea of gender roles in the horror genre is that of Halloween (1978). In many horror films‚ women are depicted as weak and rather ignorant victims of the

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    Understanding the Italian Filone

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    University of Glasgow Department of Film and Television Studies Beyond “Brutality”: Understanding the Italian Filone’s Violent Excesses by Robert J. Edmonstone Matriculation #: 9703623 Supervisors: Dr. Ian Garwood / Dr. Karen Boyle 2 Contents Abstract Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Introducing the Filone: Industry‚ Cycles and Censorship 2. Investigating Violence and Spectacle in the Filone 3. Theorising Excess and Violence in the Filone 4. Narrative versus Excess in the Filone

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    When thinking of a horror movie‚ the thought of jump scares (something that is so sudden it makes the viewers jump like a loud noise) and hideous monsters come to mind. Hush is not about some monster to hide from or keeping quiet for fear of being heard. Hush is a horror movie centered around a deaf and mute author‚ Maddie‚ who lives alone with her cat. There are few that involve characters with disabilities. A more well-known movie that came out quite recently is Don’t Breathe. Though both movies

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    music in films from the late 1940s through the early 1970s produced three general types of music‚ which is American nationalism‚ expressionism‚ and avant-garde. During this time of musical film‚ it was the advent of the film noir‚ it is a film style of cinematographic film that is shrouded by a mood of pessimism‚ fatalism‚ and menace. This term is also used to define American horror/crime films back in the 1940s. An example of film noir is “The Black Cat‚” this film is a 1943 American horror film that

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    relation to the horror film‚ a genre in which scenes of blood and death feature prominently‚ exemplifying some of the threats to subjectivity that constitute the abject. In contrast‚ this paper locates abjection in the filmic institution‚ where challenges to subjectivity arise through spatial restriction‚ extreme control or mental illness‚ and invariably lead to visual chaos and narrative disorder. These traits seem universal to the American institution film – the ‘institution film’ being‚ for the

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    Horror; an intense feeling of fear‚ shock‚ or disgust‚ these are a few feelings one experience while watching a horror film. However‚ why do people like to continue watching something that puts fear in them? Think of a roller coaster. Yes they are frighting however many ride it for the thrill. The thrill makes one feel alive. Just like a roller coaster‚ horror films have brought a sense of excitement into ones personal enjoyment. Horror films tap into the fears of many by using certain phobias such

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    Cargo The short film Cargo is directed by Ben Howling and written by Yolanda Ramke. Cargo is an influential horror film from Tropfest. It is intended for mature audiences and it is not suitable for children under the age of 12. Cargo was filmed in the NSW bushes; it is obvious when you hear the sound of the Kookaburra’s laughing in the trees. The main purpose of this film is to tell us that there is hope in the human spirit. Cargo is an interesting story that is mainly a tad scary‚ but the real

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    Australian director‚ Jennifer Kent‚ made her debut with the psychological horror film ’The Babadook’‚ starring Essie Davis as a mother ’Amelia’ and Noah Wiseman as son ’Samuel’. The theatrical poster for the film depicts the photography of the two actors surrounded by the illustration of a huge creature. Directly upon observing the image‚ viewers can already assume the code of the film to be horror or thriller. An eerie‚ chilling vibe can be felt instantly upon the first look. A large humanoid

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    Getter Have you never felt a sudden rush of panic when you saw something scary pop out of nowhere in a Horror movie? Have you never squirmed in you seat at the theatre or even in your living room chair because you saw something that was unsettling on the screen? II. Need Step Of course you have. All of us have. Every one of us has been afraid or startled by something or someone in the Horror movie medium. But‚ why? What make us so afraid of the ghoulish things we see in those movies? Have

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    There is a reason horror films are rated R. While people may want to see the terror‚ killing‚ crime‚ violence and blood‚ there is a sense of revulsion underlying it. It is even more so when movies are based on true stories. While the movie itself is entertaining‚ somewhere deep inside there is a sense of wrongness. The movie “The Killing Fields” is one of these. Directed by Roland Joffe‚ a London born producer‚ the movie is compelling‚ drawing the viewers into the story and into the lives of the

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