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    The movie The Exorcist (1973) is one of the most profitable horror movies ever made. This movie is about super natural events happening to a little girl called Regan. This type of events start worrying her mother when Regan starts hurting herself. Her mother worried try many ways of medicine to try to find what is wrong with her child, and after searching for many time, she found out her daughter was possessed. It is here when a local priest called Jason Miller is asked for the mom to help her.…

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    through books, movies, pictures, and photos. Macabre is still used in today’s stories. It creates suspense through cliff-hangers, and foreshadowing events of the story. Macabre is used for the allegorical representation of the ever-present and universal power of death. The Devil and Tom Walker, The Pit and the Pendulum, and the Minister’s Black Veil contain examples of Macabre events that add suspense to the short stories, Washington Irving uses the Macabre event of the trees to add suspense to…

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    Jack The Ripper Thesis

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    have monsters to scare us and inculcate in us the need to have their power and capabilities. While some monsters are a real cause of fear to people in a society, it is apparent that we need them for coping with our daily fears (Jacobsen, 2016). The horror and terror expressed by the monsters such as the zombies show what human beings wish to become. Their influence makes people secretly aspire to be as prominent thus their creation in showing what human beings are missing by sticking to their…

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    A Study of Popular Horror Films through Feminist Lenses There has been some feminist work on horror films and most contemporary feminist studies of horror films are psychodynamic. Within the psychodynamic theory the films may be considered as artifacts where such aspects as plot, narrative or point of view may be recognised, however the chief interest lies in the viewer’s motives and interests in watching horror films and on the psychological effects such films have. Horror as a genre has…

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    This author collector between popular romantic and horror and this is good because he feels the reader that before a celebrity story and does not go to the heart of fear and delve deeper into the story and looking for exciting positions. “There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart” itself to many popular genres and influenced many important writers such as Edgar Allan Poe Significance of research Benefits of reading this story is the excitement and pleasure, and enter into…

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    can see horror in a few ways, but a short story is one of the best. Everyone know that Stephen King is one of the best authors of horror short stories and novels. Students who have not read his shorts stories have seen movies based on them. Because of his popularity with young people, assigning a Stephen King short story to a class and make an essay about it attract the most unwilling readers. Students will read and like his work. His frequently strong language or the grossness of the horror in…

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    Movie Theater Analysis

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    to feel comfortable with things such as snacks and seating choice, and at least two hours. With these simple things, watching any movie can be a highly enjoyable experience. First, choose your move. It’s genre could range from a comedy to a horror film or a romance film to an action film. Most thrive to see an actual good film, but poorly made films can be just as amusing, so your choice may vary. Next, decide if you will be accompanied by a guest or going alone. Keep in mind who you’re…

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    The Finale “Who are you?” this is the simplest question in this world, which everyone can answer it; meanwhile, it is the hardest question that it does not have a correct answer. In other words, it is not that difficult to identify someone, but you would may a hard time to describe him or her. You can use any subject to call someone, if match, but you cannot go further that you try to describe someone you never met at all. However, time can help you to overcome it, which is the same as you…

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    Originally introduced in the late 1800s, the horror genre does not arrive upon the American film industry until the early 1930s when pioneer films like Dracula and Frankenstein were first released. Over the years, the popularity of the horror genre has grown and it has become one of the major genres enjoyed by people today. But while the horror genre has become a popular favorite, ideas associated with the genre have also introduced some controversy. Horror films possess an unearthly…

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    producer of Paranormal Activity and Sinister. If a person were familiar with examples of scary movies, they would know that Paranormal Activity and Sinister are both horror films. Mentioning those two films causes a person to feel the same scared, emotional response watching The Purge as if they were about to watch the other two horror films. Another way the text is used to create an emotional response is by including the phrase, “survive the night,” in dark lettering beneath the main title of…

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