They are no longer spectators to the horror; they are now in the shoes of the victim, forced to ride this roller coaster of terror. No scene exemplifies this technique of placing the audience in the victim's shoes better than the closet scene in Halloween. Laurie Strode, as the victim, locks herself in a closet, while the killer, Michael Myers, searches for her. This scene provides a low angle shot upwards to the closet door from Laurie’s vantage point on the floor in the back corner of the…
and connection between sex and murders in slashers. Horror movies of the 1960s-1970s were thrillers featuring awful bloodbath. Blood and violent picture attracted audience of young movie fans. Such movies as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Halloween pointed out the commercial success of cruel images on the screen. The era of 1980s' horror movies is described as a new form of terror – slasher movies. The idea of those movies was murdering many people…
Tis the season to once again to give praises to the kings of cold, the sultans of slash, the queens of screams, the icons who make Halloween what it is and what it always should be. from a evil possessed doll to a super strong momma's boy with a machete, the horror icons of the 70's to the 90's and early 2000's have made a deep bloody impact on the horror world to this day, if you were to ask your parents what scared them the most when they were your age they would most likely say Freddy Kruger…
Kayla’s laughter rang out in the darkness as we raced back to the house. We always spent Halloween pranking the houses around the neighborhood, but this year we went a little extreme. It was our last year before college and we were both moving out of state come fall. So we decided to have a little fun this Halloween and prank every house in the neighborhood, including our own so it wouldn’t be obvious we were the ones who did it. We were in the middle of the last house on the street when…
She eyed her reflection through the fingerprints covering the glass. With her face dimly lit by the bright lights around the mirror, she began to apply a thin layer of foundation to her pale cheeks. Emma planned on attending her first Halloween party since she started high school. She slipped into her much too revealing cat costume, specially picked by her new best friend Gabby.…
“I've never heard of this Night of the Warptide but it sounds very similar to Halloween! My adopted family used to dress up as humans and go trick or treating. Which is very similar to what young wyngrew do here. I always loved Halloween because everyone looked weird like me.” Bloo explained to her pink wyngro friend. “Holly Ween?” Dolly asked, tilting her head “Halloween it basely like Night of the Warptide that you told me about but like with witches and ghosts and stuff. It's basely the same…
The Day of the Dead is a holiday that is celebrated by people all around the world. Most people celebrate this holiday out of love and commitment to their loved ones. Mexico is the number one country that celebrates this particular holiday. One major mural in this holiday is a sugar skull. A sugar skull is a representation of a departed soul. The first day of this celebration celebrates both life and death. You can find sugar skulls on the streets made by people to sell. You give sugar skulls to…
The swedish witch is a tradition that is originated and celebrated in sweden.They worship to the swedish easter witch which went to the top of the mountain and had sex with satin.A mini halloween takes place on either the thursday or sunday before easter, little girls dress up in rags and old clothes, big skirts and shawls and go door to door with copper kettles looking for treats.They get their whole family together and they talk and gather and get lunch ready which usually consIf you're…
an hour and a half. This is something you are unlikely to achieve from a light - hearted film as you can probably get distracted very easily. Perhaps the most obvious reason why horror films are so popular is because people like to watch them at Halloween. At a time when everyone is talking about ghosts, witches and unexplained occurrences, people like to put on a horror DVD and get in the spirit. There is such a wide variety of horror films available from monster films, gory films,…
I step out of my car, and onto the gravel parking lot. Looking around, I notice the eager children frantically pulling at their parent’s hands as they walk into the pumpkin patch. Almost immediately a nostalgic sense of happiness sets in. That warm fuzzy feeling inside my stomach is impossible to ignore at this point as the memories of my childhood flood in. This feeling remains constant throughout October, November and December but it is strongest in October. Something about pumpkin patches…