I recently hit 100 views today (yey for me). So I decided to look at my tags to see what my most popular was and it was horror. The ranking for the Wrong Turn films did pretty well (you can find it here if you have not seen it) and I enjoyed writing it. So I decided to do something similar plus I do like to read up on horror things so why not do a top 10 killers. For horrors I love the sub genre of slasher films so most of my chooses will probably be from them types of movies. Please keep in mind
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the popularisation of 2nd wave feminism‚ the 60s‚ 70s and 80s saw a prevalence of horror films within mainstream media; rendering the genre a target for scrutiny. In this essay I will discuss representations of gender in Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror‚ ’The Shining’ (1980) and Wes Craven’s thriller‚ ‘Scream’ (1996). Both The Shining and Scream are deemed
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The Walking Dead is filled with gore‚ horror‚ death‚ and disgusting examples of the destruction brought onto the world by the disease. From the very first scene of Days Gone Bye the audience is shown how horrific the show will be; Rick Grimes shoots a little girl‚ holding a teddy bear‚ in the
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An anthology consists of a multitude of writings in one literary piece. This horror anthology should be based on works that are bone chilling in ways that could make a viewer feel disgust‚ fear‚ and a sense of appalment. Quentin Tarantino is an exceptional candidate for this anthology due to his outstanding ability to capture the attention of his audience through violent scenes and portrayal of realistic situations. He is mainly known for his excessively violent films and is hailed as a director/film
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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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real fear‚ the fear we are not so comfortable with‚ like being diagnosed with a deadly disease‚ losing a loved one‚ or getting in a deadly accident. The other fear is a fear that a certain number of us get an enjoyment out of it‚ like watching a horror movie‚ riding a roller coaster‚ or walking through a Halloween-themed haunted house. This fear brings enjoyment to people’s lives and people like to be scared in this way. What people may not know is why certain others get so much enjoyment out
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Gothic Genre explored in Tim Burton’s films Essay Tim Burton is successful in creating horror films such as Edward Scissor Hands (1990)‚ Nightmare before Christmas (1993) and Sleepy Hollow (1999)‚ through his incorporation of Gothic Elements within the setting‚ flawed hero and the manifestation of the sense of dread and terror. A horror film can be defined as a motion picture that seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from the audience by playing on the viewer’s most primal fears. This is
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might conclude many things about what effect both the author and director wished to have on its audience. Some of the smallest changes from story to film caused some of the most dramatic thematic changes and allowed for two very different tales of horror and suspense to evolve. The setting of each version of "The Birds" is just one of the major ways the author and director portrayed differently in order to have a different effect on its audience and is one of the major thematic differences. The story
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a Swedish horror bestseller by a Swedish director and possessing a style popular in its home country‚ the mass appeal towards the film worldwide is all the more incredible‚ being a hit for not only Swedish cinema but foreign language films as a whole. At its heart LTROI is a hybrid of two clear genres: horror and romance‚ the two inter-lapping over the course of the film to result in a significant blur as to what genre the film actually is. On paper‚ a Swedish language romantic horror featuring an
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Within this presentation I will be researching and analysing two horror movie trailers which will help me understand the codes and conventions that should be included when producing my own project. These two trailers will be of the recent films ‘The Possession’ (show film poster) and ‘House at the End of The Street’ (show film poster). I will also be analysing the trailer for ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ (show film poster) showing the contrasting genre‚ comedy. The 6.4 star rated film
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