“Do you like scary movies?” – Ghostface, Scream
Who can forget those classic horror lines that still give you the creeps at night? But like every other genre of film, horror movies have progressed over the decades, adjusting to each new generation and preying on or catering to their fears. My name is Joee Granato and today I will be selling to you my new cutting edge horror film but before I get to that I’d like to talk about how I came to the idea of this movie.
As I said before, horror has evolved over the decades for each generation. This is a result of different real life events occurring which bring a great fear to that generation. Some events from the past would be going to the moon which resulted in a lot of movies about alien invasions. The beginning of nuclear power lead to films about mutated animals, insects and people. The approval of abnormal human psychology allowed for "Psycho" to launch a new sub-genre, thrillers about psychotic killers. And real-life killers caused the rise of "slasher" movies of the early 80s. Now this was all well and good back then but what we need is something new. Enough of the unnecessary sequels of the same old thing. Now you may be thinking yes that’s easy to say but how and what is new? …show more content…
Now not many people have fears of technology but this makes it a perfect target to the next genre of horror. One of the biggest fears of technology would be artificial intelligence taking over the world ending the human race but this has been done before. So what hasn’t? Have you ever had the feeling someone or something is watching you? What if every piece of technology in your home had someone on the other end watching your every move? From your new smart TV to your mobile phone. The idea of someone always watching and knowing what you are doing through the use of technology can bring a new spin to the horror genre. So these ideas have led to what I believe as the new age of
Who can forget those classic horror lines that still give you the creeps at night? But like every other genre of film, horror movies have progressed over the decades, adjusting to each new generation and preying on or catering to their fears. My name is Joee Granato and today I will be selling to you my new cutting edge horror film but before I get to that I’d like to talk about how I came to the idea of this movie.
As I said before, horror has evolved over the decades for each generation. This is a result of different real life events occurring which bring a great fear to that generation. Some events from the past would be going to the moon which resulted in a lot of movies about alien invasions. The beginning of nuclear power lead to films about mutated animals, insects and people. The approval of abnormal human psychology allowed for "Psycho" to launch a new sub-genre, thrillers about psychotic killers. And real-life killers caused the rise of "slasher" movies of the early 80s. Now this was all well and good back then but what we need is something new. Enough of the unnecessary sequels of the same old thing. Now you may be thinking yes that’s easy to say but how and what is new? …show more content…
Now not many people have fears of technology but this makes it a perfect target to the next genre of horror. One of the biggest fears of technology would be artificial intelligence taking over the world ending the human race but this has been done before. So what hasn’t? Have you ever had the feeling someone or something is watching you? What if every piece of technology in your home had someone on the other end watching your every move? From your new smart TV to your mobile phone. The idea of someone always watching and knowing what you are doing through the use of technology can bring a new spin to the horror genre. So these ideas have led to what I believe as the new age of