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    mental trauma, and behavioral changes that may even evolve into aggressive or self-dangering behaviors. These effects are prevalent to anyone who watches a horror film, but because children are more impressionable than adults it is much more likely that they will suffer from these side-effects. The insomnia that plagues many watchers of horror movies results from paranoia. One researcher describes it this way, “It all begins with the mind. If you saturate your mind with things you don’t want to…

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    Fear In Horror Movies

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    willingness to watch horror films. Some people get a thrill out of watching horror films while others avoid the experience altogether. Humans try to eliminate fear from their lives, but fear in moderation is beneficial. While fear is often an emotion people tend to avoid, some actually embrace it as a result of fear creating feelings of joy and a rush. Fear motivates one to keep moving forward, creates the feeling of invincibility, and forces a person to live in the moment. Horror stories have…

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    Horror films are cherished throughout the world. The thrill and adrenaline rush horror films provide cause audiences to scream at the edge of their seats. Watching frightening motion pictures, for entertainment, is quite acceptable, provided you do not emphasize the situation depicted in what you are watching. There are a lot of cases in which the terrifying scenes may affect individuals mentally and physically. It can often produce uneasiness, restlessness, fear, and mental trauma that may…

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    Stephen King, a talented horror fiction writer, published an article in Playboy magazine called “Why We Crave Horror Movies.” The author tries to prove modern day horror movies are a relief of violence and also can calm the negative nerves in the mind. In several ways these things can be related to real life situations. My relief of violence is dancing around in my room and reading my bible and horror movies allows us a chance to indulge in that sick imagination of ours so we do not act on them,…

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    movies like action, comedy, science fiction, horror, animation, historic and many more. People want to watch movies according their condition of their mood. They have their own preference on what kind of movie is the best. The most popular genres of movies are those which have most views and the money they collect from the audience. From the different genres of the movies that are available throughout the world, the most popular ones are action, comedy and horror.…

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    and began to shape the Horror genre in America. These films, which were based on classic literature, featured foreign stars, had low budgets, and saw influence from German Expressionism, were met with financial success and audience approval. The Universal Monster Movies display a significant era in film history where a genre was shaped, not necessarily through intention, but as a result of a financial crisis. Although popularized in American cinema in the 1930’s, horror had existed in media…

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    [Type text] [Type text] [Type text] 1 Fear, Hysteria, Invasion Fear, Hysteria, and Invasions: A Look at the Science Fiction Films of the 1950?s By Anthony Taylor Cleveland State University Fear, Hysteria, Invasion Outline Anthony Taylor COM 320 10-15-15 Introduction Shoot First Mentality Dr. Strangelove US vs. Peace Focus on military Irrational Fear Invasion of body snatcher and fear of unknown\ Godzilla and his attack on the city Fear in the masses Invasion…

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    everything a horror genre story needs. Which is 1; Suspense, which gonna get you to the point you are like well what’s gonna happen next I just got to see. 2; fear, which is gonna have you scared a little or even a lot to the point you have dreams about it. 3; surprise, is gonna get you to the point you are like yes that done got so good and you can’t wait to see what happens next.You done got all happy and everything.Well guess what I’m gonna give you some great examples of that kind of horror…

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    Thanks to professional makeup artists and costume designers, this does not have to be an issue. Whether, it is a sitcom about four friends or a science fiction movie about aliens, a makeup artist and costume designer is always on the set. Some people might think makeup artists are really only needed on horror and science-fiction movies, but this is not the case. The artist might be on the set of a romantic movie focusing on a beautiful woman trying to find the man of her dreams. The makeup…

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    You may have seen or read a scary, gruesome, , gut wrenching movie or novel, but nothing compares to the novel or film of “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy. This horrifying fiction is above anything you can imagine. This fiction really portrays humanity as dark and pessimism throughout the whole thing. To start it off, The whole first page of the novel instantly reveals its deep and dark sense. Like one of the first sentences in the first page start out with “nights beyond darkness and days more…

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