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The Top Seven Haunted Tourist Destinations in the World Wherever you travel in the world, you’ll find famous haunted mansions and other places where people have felt the cold and seen ghosts and spirits for centuries. Most of these places offer tours for the outdoor traveler, where you can hear the stories and wait for the apparitions to manifest. Whether you get scared because of the hype or because of genuine hauntings is for you to decide. Here are 10 of the top places in the world where…

The movie plays with these different elements of gothic and romanticism to project the feelings of the protagonists from the inside to the outside. To underline it, the music in Beauty and a Beast goes parallel with the setting. At first, the contrast between Belle’s vil-lage and the castle is significant. The village is full with happy people who sing and dance (3:30 - 8:28) while the castle is presented with dark tones and music (13:30 – 15:00). It has the function to thrill the audience and…

Perhaps the most effective element director Guillermo del Toro incorporates in his film Crimson Peak is the stark juxtaposition of common fairytale and nightmare motifs. Del Toro redefines the haunted house genera with his strong use of both. He uses a combination of characters, colors, costumes, architecture, and symbols. All of which create a mystical environment for the story to develop. From the beginning we are introduced to the reoccurring theme of fairytale turned nightmare. One of…

Every year there is a new movie or book comes out having to do with some type of supernatural being. This begs the question, why are supernatural beings always the topic of choice? Some possibilities are simple, such as wanting to believe there is more out there rather that just normal human beings. Del Toro and Hogans, Vampires Never Die, talks about the history of vampires and all the things a vampires are capable of as well as how that we humans crave characteristics of vampires. Other…

What are some qualities of a good movie? I would say that it would be when they have some suspense and something special for that movie. Like a lot of movies are good when they have that one special thing in the movie that makes it not like the rest. Being suspenseful is good too, just to keep you on the edge of your seat, like what is going to happen, where did that come from type of things. Being suspenseful is good, since it will keep you on the edge of your seat. Like in San Andreas, you…

Folklore and mythology are ageless. The two have been a constant throughout the history of mankind, playing pivotal roles in how certain cultures and religions view the world. The action of passing down stories through word of mouth through generations have been used to share cultural and religious beliefs, costumes, and values. Whether it is Christians who believe that sin is attributed to Adam and Eve eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil or the ancient Greeks who…

Zombies… Vampires… Whose side are you on? For centuries we have been entertained by these superficial beings; Folklores, books, movies, and the family next door. Being a child of the 80’s and 90’s, growing up it was only the vampires lurking in the darkness of our televisions, books, and imaginations. Zombies must of have been buried deep in the ground, digging their way out, an idea and book at a time. As expressed by del Toro and Hogan, vampires have been our favorite night crawler for…

The episode “Hush” is one of the most critically acclaimed episodes in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. This episode from the fourth season of the series lacked an in-depth dialogue but rather used imagery and other literary elements for support. This lack of dialogue conveys a symbolic meaning throughout the episode through the interactions between the main characters. The interactions between Tara and Willow, Riley and Buffy, and Xander and Anya all have a symbolic meaning which supports…

Films can cause an array of emotions to stir up within a person. The many different genres of film can allow a person to choose what they want to feel while watching. The most popular film genre when searched is comedy. Within that there can be romantic comedy, action comedy, suspenseful comedy and more. The number of films that one can enjoy is endless. Each genre contains a handful of emotions that the viewer will be feeling. The genre that can be described as both loved and hated is the…

Horror stories are becoming increasingly popular in today’s era. The inquisitiveness of nature, behavior, and mysterious happenings in this specific genre have sparked interest in the unknown. When literary trends escaped the Age of Reason, literature was brought back to its traditional times when mysteries were fascinating. The most attainable model of creative narrative developed from the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages consisted of periods of crime, barbarism, works of witches, scientific…