Horror Story Essay

Response to Stephen king’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies” While reading there the paper by Stephen king, I was a little disturbed, there were some jokes that were over bored. However, I do agree with Stephen king statement “we’re all mentally ill”. I believe that everyone has a certain level of mental illness, some more then others. Normally you will see this in kids but adults also have this mentally ill in side them too. Hiding it can be challenging but some pull it off. Stephen king…

Zombies, vampires, dooms day, apocalypse, nuclear bombs, and complete mass destruction all seem to be ideas that suffocate our popular culture today and that loom over our heads as a constant reminder that one day humanity might end. But what is America’s fascination with these violent and scary thoughts? Someone say that it is because it reflects our true inner fears for the future, others think it is because we dream of a time that includes no rules or structure. Whatever the case may be, it…

Imagine you had a sister that you wanted to protect desperately. Because she had no one else, it was just you and her. That's what Katniss wanted to do in Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games. Since Katniss wanted to protect her sister primrose from the hunger games because their mother had completely abandoned them when their father died, and she breaks the rules of the district. Katniss wanted to protect her sister prim from the hunger games because their mother had completely abandoned them when…

Why does the Ouija board get a bad rap? The Ouija Board is known as a talking board from the late eighteenth century for a novelty toy. It is merely a large board that has the alphabet, numerals, and a planchette to guide over the board. It has been known by many names throughout its history, but when the Parker Brothers' at Hasbro coined the named “Ouija” it stuck ever since. Its purpose from the early beginning of its journey was to decipher messages from the mysterious beyond through its…

The thing that goes bump in the night, the boogey man, the monsters that hide under beds and in closets; they were the terrors of our childhood. We spent many nights cowering beneath a mountain of blankets afraid of the possibilities that lurked in the darkness of our bedroom. We were afraid of the dark. Terrified of the ominous blackness that allowed our imaginations to run unfettered, conjuring images of killer beasts in our closets and hairy monsters under our beds. Just picturing the…

When I was little, I was afraid of the dark. People say that a fear of the dark represents a fear of the unknown. We don’t know what might be hiding in the shadows. We fear the vulnerability that comes with blindness. As we grow up, fear of the unknown no longer manifests in the need to turn on the light in every room or check under our bed for monsters, but the need to plan out our lives, and to minimize surprises. For most of my life, I had to deal with…

brings another horror film, that will scare the living day lights out of you. Add Jerry Goldsmith (Supergirl, Star Trek) who brings a theme to music, making it legandary, scary, unique and his best work. Including Steven Speilberg who worked on the screen play. The extremly talented casting of Jo Beth William, Craig T. Nelson, as well as Heather O' Rouke playing Carol Ann. Who really make you feel they could be a family, they showed compassion deeply in this film. Which is rare in horror films…

When we see the word “Halloween”, what do we actually think of? I assume most of us automatically ponder about candy, costumes, pumpkins, and parties right? But have we ever actually thought of why some of our friends can’t dress up for Halloween? Probably not, the reason to this is either religious or personal beliefs (which are pretty much the same reason). Many of my friends who are Christian are forbidden to participate in this holiday because they believe that Halloween is a day to…

I never really thought anything could truly scare me. I mean I am the kid who played with snakes and set ant hills on fire, what can make me scared? Well one day I decided to put my courage to the test. It was a couple of nights after thanksgiving, I remember because it was the last time we had gotten a week-long break before the one we took for Christmas. I just came to the thought maybe I will be the bravest one of them all. So I began to pack my book bag with everything that I felt necessary…

In consideration of editing techniques, I reviewed the video clip and transcript A Beautiful Mind (4/11) Movie Clip - Nash Cracks the Code (2011) HD, While the main character, Noel, is contemplating the information presented before him, on the wall of numbers, the montage theory of editing is used to show the juggle between his mental thought process and his physical placement in the room. The images flip flop between cut away scenes of the numbers wall, his face, and the faded background of…