Crave Horror Movies‚” published in the December 1981 issue of Playboy Magazine‚ thriller author Stephen King uses a sarcastic but menacing tone to explain why people watch horror films. In the very first sentence of the article‚ King shows that we are all insane to some degree; we are all mentally ill‚ but some can hide it better than others (King 222). Why do you spend so much time and money going to the cinemas to see horror movies? We go simply to show that we are not afraid. Great horror films
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The beginning of found footage films can be traced back to the 1980’s with Cannibal Holocaust‚ it used both a staged filmmaking style and introduced a lost footage‚ then recovered and shown to the public style of filmmaking. While Cannibal Holocaust was one of the first films‚ The Blair Witch Project (1999) gave a new life to the genre which has been kept afloat by the likes of Cloverfield (2008) and the Paranormal Activity series. Found footage films are feature length movies‚ shorts‚ or webseries
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of the movie. Of course in order to underline the variety of ’’exorcism’’‚ the director of the film William Friedkin had to feature this quote out‚ which is actually a quote from Bible. But not only this one but also the other quotes -especially the obscene ones- have right to be the most memorable quotes from the best horror movie in 70s‚ ’’The Exorcist’’. But why do people think it’s the best horror movie in that time and maybe in todays cinema? What makes it so popular? The scary scenes? The talent
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developed a popular story line throughout the media‚ beginning with a website claiming the witch story to be true. The purpose of this deceiving website was to fulfill the story of the Blair Witch Project by “viral marketing” and result in a haunting horror film. The “Blair Witch Project” as a website became an “internet sensation” (cite abc) by online browsers. The website featured the interesting story involving the three students on a quest to locate the “Blair Witch” while filming their progress in
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McTeigue ’s 2012 film‚ The Raven. The movie is a detective horror film that describes an alternate way Edgar Allan Poe spent the last five days of his life‚ saying he chased after a serial killer that recreated his stories. Many people in America go to horror movies and‚ as told in a study by Andrede and Cohen‚ the people that approach-as apposed to avoid-these movies actually get a positive affect from watching these movies. In Paul Huggin ’s article‚ he shows that‚ yes‚ we do watch horror movies just
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Compare the way in which the 2 films Frankenstein and Edward Scissor Hands represent stories of the misunderstood outcast in society. The 1930’s black and white film Frankenstein by James Whale and 1994’s film Edward Scissor Hands by Tim Burton are two movies about a misunderstood creation that is seen as an outcast and practically shunned by the community. In this essay I will be comparing the two films on the outcast‚ context‚ style and technique. The monster in James Whale’s production
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It is undeniable that there is an underlying feature to horror films‚ that makes it so fascinating to its viewers. Robin Wood argues that the relationship between normality and the monster is the essential subject of the horror film (71). More specifically‚ it is seeing the monster‚ the abnormal‚ demolish the norms that oppress us which serves as the main appeal to horror films; a secret‚ albeit satisfying wish fulfilment. This idea is exemplified through The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (The Texas Chainsaw
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Carpenter expressed interest in the arts‚ with a particular affinity for films from an early age. A college project entitled The Resurrection of Billy Bronco‚ which Carpenter collaborated on the script and acted as music composer‚ won an academy award in 1970. 2. John Carpenter’s works in the mid 1970’s ranged from comedy‚ sci-fi‚ and westerns‚ which Carpenter had the strongest affinity for. 3. During the production of these films‚ Carpenter worked as writer‚ director‚ composer‚ and producer. The different
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filmmakers refused realism‚ but instead focused on abstract and symbolic aspects to express the idea of social confusion and unrest. Because of its artistic style‚ Nosferatu not only draws people’s attention by creating fear‚ it gains a reputation as a horror movie for its artistic style of the images. Murnau’s expressionistic approach of this movie links to a social condition in 1920s and does well in successfully creating suspense. Each detail of the objects has implications showing the reality of
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Burton directed the film ‘Edward Scissorhands’). It should be effortlessly integrated into a sentence (e.g. Tim Burton’s film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ is a fable with several important underlying messages ) OR you should just begin the essay by introducing the subject and then move on to the issue at hand (e.g. In Tim Burton’s film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ the title character serves as a modern day Frankenstein‚ whose presence upsets an otherwise predictable suburb). The title of the film should be used in
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