Horror Story Essay

screen-play in order to deliver a specific message to the specific audience group that I targeted. I combined conventions from the horror genre in order to emphasize my message about the vulnerability of children to crimes and the insecurities that we as adults provide for the children’s safety. My main genre would be considered as a bedtime story and a combination of the horror genre which in concept does not go along together, but was successful in orienting my main message towards the…

the most purely entertaining zombie film. The writer and directorby Yeon Sang Ho produced the action horror railroad movie “Train to Busan” which is largely place riding aboard high seed KTX train travelling from Seoul to Busan in the middle of the zombie. Director of Yeon Sang Ho , who produced the famous animated feature “The King of Pigs” and “Seoul Station” transitioned to live action a horror thrill ride with the zombies in the train. Train to Busan is a zombie genre entertainment that…

“The Bride” Director: Svyatoslav Podgayevsky Genre: Horror/Mystery/Thriller Screenplay: Svyatoslav Podgayevsky Producers: Vladislav Severtsev, Dmitry Litvinov, Zaur Bolotayev Starring: Victoria Agalakova, Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Alexandra Rebenok, Igor Khripunov, Lada Churovskaya and Victor Solovyov. Synopsis: The new Russian horror movie “The Bride” from the director of “Estate 18” and “The Queen of Spades: The Black Ritual” unravels the terrible traditions and rituals that used to…

automatically thought it was going to be boring and I would fall asleep during the movie. The first few minutes I was not paying too much attention because lack of interest. Silent horror film, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” directed by Robert Wien and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer in 1920. This type of silent horror film was also known as German Expressionist cinema. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” is about a crazy hypnosis that went by Dr. Caligari who uses a somnambulist to commit…

Onibaba: Art Film or Prestige Horror? What is or is not horror is defined by the viewer, and with that perspective, it is within my role as the viewer to declare Onibaba, prestige art film, a horror film as well. In the Kawin reading, we are told that "bad horror" is a "spectacle", full of meaningless death and gore, with no investment required by the viewer, or greater message to provide (325). "Good horror" guides the viewer to psychological understanding of human nature and teaches us…

Psycho is a classic among the entire horror movie genre with many memorable iconic scenes by the only Alfred Hitchcock in the history of Cinema. Tense, horrific and a superb lesson in filmmaking, it offers complex characters and revealing dialogue with a huge regard for details. Psycho also features glorious use of mise-en-scene, a fancy French term for all of the visual elements in the frame used to infer meaning. Hitchcock famously uses this concept in the parlor scene, where Marion and Norman…

there’s no escape. - People undergo exactly this scene when they are watching the Spanish horror movie “[●REC]“, directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza (Lazaro-Reboll 2012, p. 273). There’s a lot of tension, especially in this part, you feel tingly and you can definitely, as the movie poster promises, experience the fear. In fact, with the intention to cast a spell over you, this movie plays with some typical horror characteristics, but shows also really special ones. In addition, you can…

In the article, “Why We Crave Horror Movies,” Stephen King informs his readers with his opinion that humans have a craving for being frightened. King gives examples of how all humans are insane in their own way. It could be from fearing hysterically, to talking to themselves when stressed. Horror films are what exercise that side to humans, which gives entertainment and a thrill of excitement being scared. King also gets into the topic of emotions of kindness gets applauded, while…

this films is that it is a part of the slasher-film genre, which is our favorite genre of horror films. These films generally have a more fascinating, twisted, and gore-filled storyline then their horror-film counterparts. This film, unlike many others predating 1980, has a very frightening and intimidating film trailer. It is often said that one cannot judge a book by its cover, however, in relation to horror films, the trailer often gives an audience good insight on what to expect. The trailer…

Shadow is Horror At Its Finest Under the Shadow is an Iranian low-budget horror movie from first-time writer/director Babak Anvari. It is about Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi) who are haunted by an evil force during the 1980s in Tehran, Iran. It is similar in many ways to the 2014 Australian horror movie The Babadook. In fact, it is almost shockingly similar. But does that negate Under the Shadow’s right to exist? In short, no. It is no secret that horror…