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The following information you are about to read is loosely based on true events. The names, locations and minor unnoticeable details have been changed. Even though I corrected the statement to make it slightly more true, it is something along those lines. We never know exactly how true, but it admittedly makes those events slightly more terrifying when we believe it to be real. “Real” events such as murders, massacres and even the spiritual dark side. The moment we realize that what happened is possible, the content immediately becomes more terrifying than what we believe to be fictional and unrealistic.
“The Exorcism of Emily Rose”, a famous horror film by Scott Derrickson, released in 2005 that put the fear of god into …show more content…
The entire film or majority of it is shot through a handheld camera view to give it that realistic feel. Cecilia Sayad explained it as “the raw cutting, elliptical narrative, and grainy, shaky, and precariously framed images that mimic the style of amateur filmmaking; the images are usually introduced by title cards stating that the work we see compiles footage shot by characters that have either died or disappeared” (43-44), in her article “Found-Footage Horror and the Frame's Undoing”. A good example of this subgenre is “Paranormal activity”. I would image just about everyone has seen this film, but for those who haven’t, “Paranormal activity” consists of surveillance footage that attempts to capture a haunting taking place in a household. It contains several B-roll shots and every now and then something paranormal takes place and it claims to be based on true events. However, it is not only the paranormal that claims to be true, more common events can be equally as terrifying. These films are usually based on murders, kidnappings, robberies, mental instability and …show more content…
It is for this exact reason that children are not supposed to be viewing these types of films and age restrictions are implemented to avoid such occurrences. However, it cannot always be avoided when most of these types of films can be viewed from home and are much more accessible in this day and age. Some viewers are oblivious to the psychological effects that these types of films can have on their children and themselves. Bruce Ballon and Molyn Leszcz wrote an article called “Horror Films: Tales to Master Terror or Shapers of Trauma?” where they analyzed the effects that horror films can have on its viewers. They reviewed “the literature of cinematic-related psychiatric case reports and report the case of a 22-year-old woman who presented with intrusive thoughts of demonic possession and flashbacks of the film The Exorcist” (211), a film that just so happens to be based on similar events that took place in 1949 when a 14-year-old boy was believed to be possessed. The condition that this woman presented was labeled as “cinematic neurosis” (211), a condition that was explained to be the development of anxiety or psychotic behavior after being exposed to a film. These films are not always of the horror genre but the condition is most commonly associated with horror films, especially those
The following information you are about to read is loosely based on true events. The names, locations and minor unnoticeable details have been changed. Even though I corrected the statement to make it slightly more true, it is something along those lines. We never know exactly how true, but it admittedly makes those events slightly more terrifying when we believe it to be real. “Real” events such as murders, massacres and even the spiritual dark side. The moment we realize that what happened is possible, the content immediately becomes more terrifying than what we believe to be fictional and unrealistic.
“The Exorcism of Emily Rose”, a famous horror film by Scott Derrickson, released in 2005 that put the fear of god into …show more content…
The entire film or majority of it is shot through a handheld camera view to give it that realistic feel. Cecilia Sayad explained it as “the raw cutting, elliptical narrative, and grainy, shaky, and precariously framed images that mimic the style of amateur filmmaking; the images are usually introduced by title cards stating that the work we see compiles footage shot by characters that have either died or disappeared” (43-44), in her article “Found-Footage Horror and the Frame's Undoing”. A good example of this subgenre is “Paranormal activity”. I would image just about everyone has seen this film, but for those who haven’t, “Paranormal activity” consists of surveillance footage that attempts to capture a haunting taking place in a household. It contains several B-roll shots and every now and then something paranormal takes place and it claims to be based on true events. However, it is not only the paranormal that claims to be true, more common events can be equally as terrifying. These films are usually based on murders, kidnappings, robberies, mental instability and …show more content…
It is for this exact reason that children are not supposed to be viewing these types of films and age restrictions are implemented to avoid such occurrences. However, it cannot always be avoided when most of these types of films can be viewed from home and are much more accessible in this day and age. Some viewers are oblivious to the psychological effects that these types of films can have on their children and themselves. Bruce Ballon and Molyn Leszcz wrote an article called “Horror Films: Tales to Master Terror or Shapers of Trauma?” where they analyzed the effects that horror films can have on its viewers. They reviewed “the literature of cinematic-related psychiatric case reports and report the case of a 22-year-old woman who presented with intrusive thoughts of demonic possession and flashbacks of the film The Exorcist” (211), a film that just so happens to be based on similar events that took place in 1949 when a 14-year-old boy was believed to be possessed. The condition that this woman presented was labeled as “cinematic neurosis” (211), a condition that was explained to be the development of anxiety or psychotic behavior after being exposed to a film. These films are not always of the horror genre but the condition is most commonly associated with horror films, especially those