Horror films

Imagine, you are creeping through the fog of the apocalypse; you are in the perfect position for a silent attack, and your gun jams. You try to fix the jam as the zombie slowly turns around and chomps on your jugular vein. This is why it’s important to have a reliable weapon in the zombie apocalypse. All good zombie apocalypse guns should have certain characteristics in order to be considered a viable option. All good zombie apocalypse weapons are durable. The AK-47 is an extremely durable…

When we see the word “Halloween”, what do we actually think of? I assume most of us automatically ponder about candy, costumes, pumpkins, and parties right? But have we ever actually thought of why some of our friends can’t dress up for Halloween? Probably not, the reason to this is either religious or personal beliefs (which are pretty much the same reason). Many of my friends who are Christian are forbidden to participate in this holiday because they believe that Halloween is a day to…

to be created to worship Satan. Satan has been the enemy and the bad spirit in the Bible for many years. This two film 's plot is about the evil side of the Bible. The two films implements the contrast of religion in America by using satanic topic in the movie. Contrast referring as bringing immoral languages and acts in the movies that go against the American religion. In the film generally, the character show a lack of religion knowledge and one can see that their dependence lies more on…

“A lot of modern life is exactly like slaughtering zombies.” This statement is true in the eyes of Chuck Klosterman, where he expresses opinions in his article “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead”. In correlation, to the movie Warm Bodies directed by Jonathan Levine one can see that there are many things that we can relate to in modern life that can also be seen in a zombie apocalypse world. For example, in both worlds you can see that once we adapt to our daily lives of work…

Summary: In “(Un)safe Sex: Romancing the Vampire,” professional copywriter Karen Backstein, explores the interest of vampire movies in the 21st century and changes made to keep the genre relevant. Backstein believes society and humankind are evolving and rapidly changing, vampires are also evolving so that they can survive and continue to interest people in popular culture. Modern vampires, Backstein notes, work to control their impulses so as not to harm the ‘heroine’, who is strong,…

In both of the films, I Walked with a Zombie from 1943 and George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead from 1968, race and Vodou play a large factor in creating the elements that compose the zombies of the stories. I Walked with a Zombie addressed the complications of white power by representing slaves working in the sugar industry as nothing more than mindless zombies, being manipulated by the white race to conform to their will. Night of the Living Dead also incorporated a wide range of racially…

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…

Zombies The thought of your loved ones coming back from the dead is horrific. Though, people generally see zombies in multiple sources of media such as movies, television shows, and comics every day. The idea of the walking undead corpses was brought on by Haitian folklore from the early 1900’s. The term’s meaning is based off of a fictional undead being created through the animation of a human corpse. Although the idea of “zombies” sounds completely insane and irrational, there are multiple…

Voodoo zombies are a very interesting type of zombie it’s not your typical flesh eating zombie. Voodoo zombies are a person who has died and, has risen from the grave and is doomed to spend the rest of eternity as a slave of the living. These zombies suffer zombie powder the tool used for zombification the toxin temporarily paralyzes the human nervous system, creating a state of extreme hibernation with the vital organs functioning at minimal levels. Voodoo zombies show emotion suffering from…

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…