Do you watch horror film? What type of horror film do you watch? Horror films always possess dominant cultural insights and provide a public discourse about femininity in every different period of time. Within the horror film genre‚ a possession film is a type of film which showcases a “display of aberrant feminine behavior which is depicted as depraved‚ monstrous‚ and perversely appealing” (Creed 31). This genre is populated by female monsters‚ including many types of monsters such as witches like
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Similarly to the Paradox of Horror‚ we also seem to be in a sort of paradoxical state when we experience pleasure from watching films of a melancholic nature. We in engage with these fictions and we experience aesthetic pleasure from these feelings of sadness that they stir up. This stands in conflict with everyday life‚ where most people seek to avoid sadness in order to avoid experiencing the negative feelings that are associated with real sadness. Some attempts to resolve this paradox amounts
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A history of the sound in horror films Horror films are known for their ability to scare audiences‚ to get the audience’s hearts racing‚ their blood rushing. A good horror film will cause viewers to be on the edge of their seats and having their perception of reality distorted as they attempt to understand the unraveling plot of the horror film. The tone of the film aides in the amount of suspense that a horror film produces‚ since a much darker film will create a more suspenseful atmosphere than
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A review of: Patricia Bernstein’s The First Waco Horror. Patricia Bernstein’s The First Waco Horroris a brutally honest and shocking review of a gruesome act of history in 1916 in a Waco‚ Texas. The First Waco Horror is based around a disturbing incident about a young seventeen-year-old boy by the name of Jesse Washington who was a mentally challenged African American. Jesse Washington was blamed and charged of murdering and raping a white woman. Due to being convicted of such acts‚ Jesse Washington
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Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) Case Study #1 2/01/2012 Situation: The acid rain provisions of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act were to being in 1995. Currently‚ it is 1992 and The Southern Company (a electric utilities holding company operating in Georgia‚ Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ and Florida) had to decide what actions they were going to take in order to comply with the new regulations. Before the Clean Air Act‚ firms did not have incentives to reduce emissions below the government
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lives are all thought-provoking elements of “An Egg Horror Poem”. Although many poems are fascinating to read‚ “An Egg Horror Poem” was engaging through the aforementioned elements‚ a realistic theme‚ light-hearted mood‚ and vivid imagery. By using all three of the great literary ‘musts’; namely‚ theme‚ mood‚ and imagery‚ the author‚ Laurel Winter‚ has written poem that will stand as a poetry classic for years to come. When I read “The Egg Horror Story” for the first time‚ it seemed a silly tale
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Southern cities in the 1920’s and 1930’s had many unique events and rules depending where you were in the south. During the 1920’s America economy was flourishing‚ but by the late 1920 our economy tanked and caused many struggles. Another big thing in America was very discrimination. To me the 1920’s and 1930’s seem like a hug roller coaster to America with some great times but then some horrible ones too. Racism was one of the awful things happening in America‚ and it wasn’t just focused on African
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The “Final Girl”: The Exploration of Gender in Slasher/Horror Movies Much is made of the anti-female sentiments expressed in slasher/horror films. The classic scenario or formula used in most slasher movies includes the psycho-killer who slashes to death a string of mostly female victims‚ one-by one‚ until he himself is killed or subdued by the final survivor‚ usually the female lead character. The slasher film is rife with forbidden sexual overtones and graphic bloody violence‚ making
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Journey’s End: The Horror of War RC Sheriff uses many ways to emphasize just how horrible life at the front‚ through characters’ behaviour‚ sounds shown in the performance directions‚ general themes explored throughout the play‚ etc. The following essay will describe mainly how the character’s behaviour is affected by the war‚ and will begin by explaining this‚ and will also describe how RC Sheriff uses stage directions to highlight these points‚ as well as to dramatize the play a little. Quotes
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The Basics of Supernatural Horror Movies A genre such as supernatural horror is meant for an audience that desires to feel that rush of adrenaline running through their bodies. The purpose of this genre is to satisfy the curiosity of people that let their minds wander off about the supernatural world. The audience expects to get goosebumps‚ and to be on the edge of their seats while chewing their nails. If that is what a movie of this genre causes the audience‚ then the producers have done their
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