general rules horror films generally follow through the use of horror film genre conventions. For instance‚ both movies follow the good verses evil story lines and in each the end does ultimately win. However‚ this is not entirely true in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The friends represented the good and the chainsaw carrying monster and his family portrayed the evil. In the end on of the friends‚ Sally‚ ultimately does escape from being killed by the monster in the movie. However‚ her other four friends
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Horror in Films Alfred Hitchcock once said‚ “The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them” (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes). I do not make horror films‚ but I do watch them. Similar to Hitchcock‚ they help me face my fears. Do you associate horror films with your fears? My biggest fears are demonophobia‚ which is the fear of evil spirits‚ and taphephobia‚ which is the fear of being buried alive (Phobia Lists). These phobias most certainly helped in my decision to compare and contrast
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(496). The contents of the collective unconscious are referred to as archetypes‚ since they are primordial images that have persisted since our earliest human history (495). Archetypal characters are extremely common in mythology‚ religion‚ and even horror films. For example‚ certain characters from the film "Night of the Living Dead"‚ including Ben‚ Barbara‚ the Cooper family‚ and even the zombies themselves‚ all can be classified as archetypical figures commonly used in myth and folklore. The first
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In 1792 James Gillray painted a painting called “A Voluptuary under the horrors of digestion.” The painting depicts a prince sitting at an empty table where he is picking his teeth with a fork. there is a chamber pot in the background that is overflowing and there are empty alcohol bottles laying around. he is a voluptuary‚ which is someone who overindulges in luxury. The prince meets none of the following criteria to become a good king: he must be good with money‚ must be a good role model‚ and
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Though the Northern & Southern colonies were close to each other‚ they held many similarities and differences. America was a place of dreams until immigrants began sailing to its’ shores. An influx of immigrants came to America in the 17th century were English‚ but there were also Dutch‚ Swedes and Germans in the middle region‚ a few French Huguenots in South Carolina and elsewhere‚ slaves from Africa‚ mainly in the South‚ and a scattering of Spaniards‚ Italians and Portuguese all through the colonies
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CORALINE Adapted from a Neil Gaiman book‚ the story of Coraline would be best described as a gothic‚ horror. It’s nothing like most fairy tales‚ this movie features lots of intense action and lots of spots throughout the movie that gives you an adrenaline rush. It offers a good range of the strange‚ abnormal and supernatural storyline which includes; bugs‚ ghosts‚ and the terrible Other mother. Coraline can be viewed as a dark and grim fairy tale by most people that choose to watch it. Coraline
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Chelmno‚ Sobibor‚ Treblinka‚ Majdanek‚ and the most famous‚ largest‚ and deadliest: Auschwitz-Birkenau. For the next 3 years (1942-1945)‚ the killings got more horrific‚ larger‚ and finally known worldwide. The Allied forces were not unaware of the horrors happening across Europe. Eyewitnesses told the Allied governments about
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social stratification in southern society created a solidarity among Southerners. Southern unity was hinged on the similarity between their ideals in government and the ways they viewed their society. Yet‚ as evidenced by the nullification crisis during the Jackson Administration‚ South Carolina failed to turn the gears toward secession. Although passionately pro slavery‚ and content with status-quo in their plantation society‚ staunch disunionists failed to convince the southern majority of the practicality
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In the seventeenth century‚ American’s took religious very seriously. The American’s were not active communicants. One in fifteen people that was in the southern colonies was a member of the church. In the eighteenth century‚ a church became official. The religious belief and practice in the eighteenth century‚ it was not as demanding as in Puritan‚ New England and Quaker‚ Pennsylvania. The colonial Anglicans from England‚ was a lot more rational‚ formal and conservative with their modes of worship
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It’s been over forty years since Rocky Horror Picture Show was released in 1975‚ and its cultural impact has been significant. Despite poor reviews in the box office‚ it quickly gained a cult following‚ and thanks to consistent midnight showings at indie movie theaters‚ it is now the longest running theatrical release. A combination of parody of and tribute to the B movies of the early age of cinema‚ Rocky Horror is a rock musical draped in glitter‚ eye shadow‚ and fishnets. It tells the story of
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