Horror film

brought us a tale of pure terror, unlike alot of horror films I've seen The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the most horrific movies to this day and this is why. The murder scenes given in this film were brillant, brutal torture sequences that involved cutting up living people. Plus Marilyn Burns giving a terrific performance, making me feel sick to my stomach, with the fear of her character. This movie has some of the best chasing sequences from any horror movie. Our tale begins with the…

ability to shape ones emotions and to change how we are meant to think, this is nowhere more apparent than film. Music adds energy to stories and characters, it elevates a films sense of reality and enables us as the viewer to better connect with the visuals we see (Rona, 2000). Film is a visual medium that has been shaped by the soundtracks that adorn them. Since the days of silent films music has been the driving force when it comes to story, pace and the building of tension. The latter…

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film; Psycho is a prime example of a film that utilises expert editing. The “shower scene” from Psycho is where this incredibly skilful editing creates intense emotion in a fairly small time space through the strategic use of action, direction, form and concept edits which all ultimately add to the thriller-horror narrative of the film. The first edit in the “shower scene” is a direction edit as the shot where Marion Crane holds her hand out with the torn-up pieces of…

when the horror film genre was undergoing distinct changes. As Ernest Mathijs notes in a Flow forum post on the ritual of Halloween horror viewing, monster films and other classic horror were being replaced at the end of the 1970s with “stories about the ‘horror within’, the evil amidst the community.” Some predecessors of Halloween, such as Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976) and Charles B. Pierce’s The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) had begun this tradition of community based horror (or horror…

but when examining its body up front, we will see a whole new description. Dark, textured skin, three nostrils, white hair, and a very human-like body figure. It’s almost as if The Creeper is a person, or once was a person, but the writers of the film never elaborated on where he came from in the first…

and influenced by earlier creators of film. For my film maker I chose Wes Craven and for his influence I chose Ingmar Bergman. Wes Craven is widely known around the world as the creator of the infamous horror characters Freddy Krueger and Ghost face from Scream. He of course created many other films other than the gruesome tale of Krueger that deserve recognition, two of my favorites being Pulse (2006) and Cursed (2005). Though he had a wide selection of films one can?t deny that A Nightmare on…

love movies that literally take you into another “spiritual” world with demons and spirits that are trying to overtake your body, this movie is right up your alley. “Carrie” (1976) Scare scale: 8/10 Based on the novel by Stephen King, “Carrie” is a film about a sheltered teen named Carrie White, played by Sissy Spacek, who deals with tormenting classmates. On top of being an outcast at school, Carrie endures abuse from her mother at home. Strange occurrences begin to happen, and Carrie…

Movies are what get people through their day. Movies are a way for lonely people to cope or for depressed individuals to become happy again. Without movies, the world would be a terrible place to live. Movies are judged by the way they make a person feel. Movies can make people laugh, cry, or get scared. Some people would not know how to function without a movie or two a day. Movies help people experience their emotions in a totally different way. There are three types of movie watchers in this…

The Denis Villeneuve film Arrival may seem like a sci-fi film where huge slabs of rocks seem to descended from Heaven and levitate like angels. However, it is much more than just mere imagination; Arrival deals with the idea of what would happen if a different life form met Earth and its humans. How could we communicate with Aliens? Communication continues to be one of the biggest problems that humanity faces; no, this is not your 10 o’clock morning English class, but a worldwide dilemma. To…

Phí Thị Thái Hà _ DOB: 13/07/1993 _ MSSV: 11032034 1 Full name: Phí Thị Thái Hà Class: GTLVH-ENG2054 02 Title: Intercultural Reflection Intercultural Reflection This essay considers the popular concept of culture shock that occurs in a famous film named “The Karate Kid” (2010). According to Kalervo Oberg, culture shock is “precipitated by the anxiety that results from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse”. It involves “a sense of confusion and uncertainty sometimes…