A typical horror film has the same group of characters who are visible throughout the film. The character which is most definitely expected and completes a horror film is an antagonist also known as the villain. This is typical for a horror as someone who scares, kills or commits crime etc. is normally the main focus of the storyline without an antagonist the film would not be classed as a horror as they are an important part with creating the element of fear and vulnerability. For example in Dracula, Count Dracula is the antagonist and In the Devil Rides Out its Mocata.
Through various fresh approaches to filmmaking and story building, Night of The Living Dead was able to positively surprise audiences and critics with new characteristics, challenging its predecessors’ conventions in spite of its limited budget and setting the standards for horror films to come. This paper will present an analysis focusing on the characteristics that place the film in the horror genre, while relating them to those of former and contemporary critically-acclaimed horror films. The emphasis will be placed on the movie’s storyline, its filming and editing style and its explicitly displayed violence. “Genre” is a french word that can be literally translated to kind or type. A study of a film in relation to its genre focuses on the aspects that place this film in a particular genre and/or the contributions it brought to it.
This conversation foreshadows later unfortunate events. The main characters in this film are played by Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker. Like most of Alfred Hitchcock’s films, the genre of the film ‘Strangers on a Train’ is a thriller. Thriller is a genre which gives the audience suspense, tension, and excitement while watching the movie. It tends to be adrenaline rushing, fast paced, gritty, and have an unexpected plot twist.
Violent, horror movies often effect human behavior. A Lynwood woman was killed by her son and nephew. The boys were motivated by the horror movies (Krikorkian). Jessica Jensen, a Layton woman, was killed by Thomas Kumalac. He confessed that he was motivated by the horror film.
Analysing a scene from Ridley Scott's Alien There are many techniques that contribute to the horror a film can produce in its viewer. One of the proclaimed masters of horror, Sir Alfred Hitchcock believed that to frighten the audience, the director needed to frighten the child inside the viewer (Television interview, 1964). Techniques to make films horrifying have been developing since almost the beginning of film itself (Babbis, 1990). The term 'art horror' can be attributed to a film entirely dedicated to creating that feeling of horror in its viewer (Carroll, 1987). Ridley Scott's Alien released in 1979 is a film that can be categorised as such an art horror.
When you look at a horror film you know their will be gore,violence and most of the characters will not survive till the end of the film. Martin Scorsese is a cinematic auteur because his films represent his personal vision. The film I am critiquing is Goodfellas. Martin Scorsese is the director of this film. Major actors in the film are Robert De Niro,Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci.
A horror show will create an uneasy, eerie atmosphere and is intended to frighten watchers. Horrors can include real life situations such as serial killers like in the movie Halloween or purely fictional situations and be based on the paranormal like the show Supernatural. This show has two main characters who hunt demons, werewolves, witches and every other supernatural creature imagined. While both of these shows are very entertaining they arouse two different emotions and should be chosen from
Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is one of the classic novels of the 19th century and considered by some to be the first actual work of science fiction. The plot of the story is that an aspiring scientist, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, reanimates a corpse and afterwards the monster takes revenge on his neglectful creator. The books popularity and influence has led to a long string of movies and adaptations. The most recognizable of these films is the 1931 Frankenstein starring the horror icon Boris Kosloff. The director, John Whale, and his staff made several changes to the story in order to create more cinematic material.
The fear that something is illegitimately inside something else, that things that should be kept apart are fused together. Csicsery-Ronay also states how “when the elements of the conscious pierce the unconscious, we then become aware of a distinct feeling of repulsion” (Ronay). Sometimes in the science fiction horror films, the grotesque switches around that which should be male, and that which should be female. The normal balance of life is altered, making it difficult for our conscious to make sense of what we are seeing. The post-modern science fiction horror masterpiece; Alien, utilizes the grotesque in all of these ways.
The story is told around the life of Helene Lyle. This piece of work fits into the horror category based off of Robin Wood’s definition of horror. Wood’s definition of horror is defined as any text in which “normality is threatened by the Monster” (Wood, 31). Thus Candyman is a horror film because Candyman is the monster who threatens the everyday lives of Helen Lyle and everyone in her community. There are many subsections to Wood’s definition of horror.