“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” ― Stephen King. People find the horror genre so intriguing because authors use literary tools to make it so irresistible. Authors use suspense as one of the literary tools. Some authors use lessons to get across to the readers. Writers sometimes even put supernatural beings in the stories. But the filmmakers take an interesting stories and bring it to life with a film going along the story’s story line. Some authors will just give knowledge of their experience and some of their connections.
“The Tell-Tale Heart” is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe about him murdering an old man and Poe trying to prove he is sane. The author used a lot of suspense within this story like how he …show more content…
brought the Jacobs story to life in a short film “The Monkeys Paw,” staying somewhat true to the original form and bringing the visual aid of the short story. Lewis uses camera filters, camera shots, lighting, and music to make this film a bit suspenseful and creepy. Viewers may find this rather fascinating because now they have a straight visual of what was in the Jacobs story. The lighting and the music is used to create a gloomy and mysterious setting. But the camera shots force the audience to focus on one thing in particular. The setting plays a huge role in the way the viewers see the film because you can’t have dead bodies in a meadow with rainbows and unicorns jumping …show more content…
In the literary criticism “What Is the Horror Genre” by Sharon A. Russel, she seems to think we shouldn’t classify the horror genre by its subjects. “many people define horror by its subjects. We all think of creatures like Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, and the Wolfman as monsters in the horror genre.” The author made a connection to one of those monsters by stating, “when I first read Dracula I seriously considered hanging garlic on my windows because I seriously thought that vampires could exist.” Well, there is some good news. Sharon’s fears weren’t
“The Tell-Tale Heart” is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe about him murdering an old man and Poe trying to prove he is sane. The author used a lot of suspense within this story like how he …show more content…
brought the Jacobs story to life in a short film “The Monkeys Paw,” staying somewhat true to the original form and bringing the visual aid of the short story. Lewis uses camera filters, camera shots, lighting, and music to make this film a bit suspenseful and creepy. Viewers may find this rather fascinating because now they have a straight visual of what was in the Jacobs story. The lighting and the music is used to create a gloomy and mysterious setting. But the camera shots force the audience to focus on one thing in particular. The setting plays a huge role in the way the viewers see the film because you can’t have dead bodies in a meadow with rainbows and unicorns jumping …show more content…
In the literary criticism “What Is the Horror Genre” by Sharon A. Russel, she seems to think we shouldn’t classify the horror genre by its subjects. “many people define horror by its subjects. We all think of creatures like Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, and the Wolfman as monsters in the horror genre.” The author made a connection to one of those monsters by stating, “when I first read Dracula I seriously considered hanging garlic on my windows because I seriously thought that vampires could exist.” Well, there is some good news. Sharon’s fears weren’t