Horror fiction

Tim Burton is Lighting style during the film known as Edward Scissorhands is mostly a Low key approach to make it feel ominous and suspenseful. In the film’s, beginning we start with a with Low Key lighting while moving rapidly up the “haunted mansion” where the Body Tim Burton is Lighting style during the film known as Edward Scissorhands is mostly a Low key approach to make it feel ominous and suspenseful. In the film’s, beginning we start with a with Low Key lighting while moving rapidly…

Would you kill your loved one if they turned into a zombie and tried to bite you? People survive by killing zombies in “The Walking Dead”, tributes battle their way you the top to win in “The Hunger Games”, and the divergent try to fit into society while also battling and killing others in “Insurgent”. Sometimes, people go to great lengths in order to survive when they are in dangerous situations. Making alliances, stealing, killing, and eating other people are some of the things that's the…

relief, many people go through those types of things when going and watching a horror movie. The adrenaline rush you get starts pumping through every part of your body. That has an effect on our emotions in the human condition we have this positive feeling after watching it. In the Stephen King’s essay, he claims that we to watch horror movies for the pursuit of our emotions. Not to mention, we also go to watch horror movies for the fun of it. King himself writes, “And we go to have fun……

These shows and podcasts are the portals to the unknown of the dark side of civilization. I think Serial is different from all of the other horror or mystery shows and movies given that Sarah Koenig uses real testimonies and evidence as well as recent interviews that she has with the witnesses. This also makes the Serial podcast like a documentary about a murder, but you can only listen to it;…

narrative told by the poster, and the colors used by the designer to give the poster an effective tone. Analyzing this poster will give the reader a better understanding as to why it succeeds in being an effective horror poster. Without reading the title, one can conclude that The Conjuring is a horror movie by the menacing imagery depicted on the poster. From the overcast sky, to the noose dangling on the tree limb, and the shadow of a woman hanging herself from the noose the poster gives an…

Robert Ebert states, “One difference between Film Noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines.” The Movie Psycho which was made in 1960 directed by Alfred Hitchcock definitely has the plot twist element of Film Noir . The film, being the Film Noir genre, uses lots of different Film Noir elements to complete the feeling. Throughout the movie the viewer sees the traits of classic Film Noir, in the movie Psycho.…

In “Vacationing in Zombieland: The Classical Functions of the Modern Zombie Comedy,” Kyle William Bishop writes about the development of the subgenre of zombie comedies. This subgenre, termed “Zombedy” by Bishop, is explained to challenge audiences’ ideas about zombie narratives. To exemplify the evolution of this subgenre, Bishop shares history behind the original tragedy of zombie narratives. Bishop cites Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead as the start of traditional tragic zombie…

The Blob The cult classic 1958 film “The Blob” starring a young Steve McQueen, is not only interesting to watch, it also gives the viewer a number of insights into that era. The milieu in Post World War II America is the dominant sign in the film. The era is the signified and there are a number of signifiers. The film begins with the theme song “Beware of the Blob, it creeps and leaps…” and the viewer is made aware of the fascination for monsters that Americans had during that period. Spook…

In the first year of our relationship, my boyfriend, Jason, and I started having a few disagreements about decision making and communication. We would often watch movies together, eat dinner, or do something that I had planned. I was making all the decisions. Even if Jason had planned something for us to I would veto it for my own ideas. This lead to a little bit of animosity surrounding how we spent time together. A typical conversation we had would progress as follows: Me: Let’s watch a movie…

The film industry has been around for many years. And throughout these years, many great movies have been created, ranging from romantic films: The Notebook, to death, and gore horror films: Nightmare On Elm Street, to action films: The Avengers, and to calm us down an offer a laugh or two, comedic films: Scary Movie. Each genre offers its own special element, and message relates, to us in some way or form. I first start off with the Queen of Romance, the Romantic Movie. Highly praised…