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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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    Horror King Stephen King Known as the Horror King‚ Stephen King has earned that title with his award winning novels such as Carrie‚ The Dead Zone‚ and The Shining. Stephen King has written more than two hundred works of literature including his novels‚ short stories‚ and poems‚ one hundred and seventy eight of which were turned into works of film. Born on September 21‚ 1947 in Portland‚ Maine‚ Stephen King was raised by a mostly single parent. Stephen’s father “left the house to buy a pack of

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    and mood to tell the story. It centers around a eerie post apocalyptic setting called the Glade with a large expansive ivy covered stone maze surrounding it. Also the characters encounter various scenerios of which it is eerie‚ adventurous and mysterious. Mood and setting is conveyed through the use of an eerie‚ adventurous and mysterious atmosphere with scary and strange situations that the characters are placed in along with the use of various writing techniques to add suspense. First off‚ one of

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    Mr. Hyde is a story showing the duality in human nature. This means that everyone has good and evil in them‚ this idea is portrayed throughout the whole story. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is told in third person point of view by John Gabriel Utterson. Stevenson used Utterson’s point of view. This is because the story says that Utterson does not judge people‚ that he is usually the last one to stay friends with someone when everyone else has left‚ Utterson watched the story unfold just like

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    The King of Horror Films The Write Brigade Stephen King Research Paper Outline 1. Introduction a. Short biography b. Thesis Statement: Stephen King uses many different elements in order to scare his readers. The elements include supernatural elements‚ real life scenarios‚ and fear of the unknown. 2. How substance abuse and a childhood accident affected King’s creativity a. Heavy drinking b. Harder drugs c. Intervention and Sobriety

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    What is any good story without suspense and tension that keeps readers intrigued and eager to turn the page? Although throughout the story the plot was small and not much happened; it still revealed many tones‚ suspense‚ tension‚ jealousy and in the end exposed symbolism. In the first sentence‚ “This blind man‚ an old friend of my wife’s‚ he was on his way to spend the night.” I sensed tension when the narrator identified his wife’s friend by his visual impairment and not by his first name. For

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    FINAL PAPER-East Asian Horror Comedy Date: 16th Dec 2013 Authors‚ readers‚ and those in literary circles use the term ’genre ’ to classify the different modes of expression used in individual works of literature. The importance of this term can most easily be understood when examining the human tendency to classify the majority of items in our society. When we apply this term to film it becomes much more sophisticated‚ this essay will be talking about a film genre called Horror Comedy. It is a type

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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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    Suspense is Killer F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ author of The Great Gatsby‚ uses suspense to introduce Jay Gatsby who is clouded in a veil of mystery as no one knows who he really is. Jay Gatsby is thought of a huge partying millionaire and who mysteriously obtained a fortune‚ his past is foggy and rumors fly around about potential pieces that fit into the puzzle of Gatsby’s past. Nick Carroway‚ our narrator‚ wanders the party with Jordan Baker and the twins talking about the mystery that surrounds their

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    Many Hitchcock films incorporate his own stylistic approach towards suspense‚ but one of the most common seen in The 39 Steps‚ is the use of lighting‚ which is also an important use in German Expressionism. The scene where Richard Hannay‚ the protagonist‚ is standing and listening to the police in the room next door highlights

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