Horror

Join the ranks of horror legends John Carpenter, George Romero, Eli Roth, and David Cronenberg who all got their start by writing, directing, and producing low budget horror movies. Low budget horror movies are some of the most sought after scripts in Hollywood. These types of films have a built in fan base and are generally considered to be a low risk investment compared to high concept action movies or dramatic period pieces. Think about movies like Paranormal Activity or The Blair Witch…

In his article, “Why We Crave Horror Movies” King explains how this fears could have a negative effect on people that don’t let this feelings go, he mentions how people expect to always have positive emotions from those who have a fear and are scare to share it with society, in his article…

who opened the door. Now I hate horror movies, for two reasons. One, I am a chicken in every sense of the word. Secondly, I can make out the plot holes like holes in swiss cheese. Plot holes are like the birth child of Justin Beiber, and Twilight, to me. In other words they are not pretty, and in fact disgust me. For example why don’t they just run away, instead of going in the creepy basement that an individual disappeared in. There is also the stereotypical horror movie characters, the jock,…

Have you ever watched a horror movie and thought about how bad those people's decisions are? Yea, I am pretty sure we all have at least once. Watching the movies just makes all of us cringe because their decisions just don’t make sense! We can help it though. All of those decisions could be prevented if those people just followed the rules of a horror movie. There are six important rules. Don’t go into creepy houses, don’t investigate the creepy noise outside, don’t talk to the murderer, hide in…

What do laser beams and Transylvania have in common? What happens when mad scientists meet groupies? The classic cult production, The Rocky Horror Show, brings together elements of glam rock and Horror B-Movies. This winter, the University of Colorado Theatre Department brought the classic science fiction and campy humor to the University Theatre stage. Directed by Hadley Kamminga-Peck with musical direction by David Nehlsthe, the musical captured the essence of Richard O’Brien’s 1973 musical.…

have been cautioned from it as people believe that it is evil. There are so many religious groups in the world and it requires one to be keen on which religion they will be attached to. In this paper I will discuss about how the Halloween has become horror in USA. I will give my opinion on the same and support my statements. Halloween is duration of celebration and superstition, it is believed to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Sambaing when people would put on fires and wear…

Horror Movies: What Causes Our Cravings? In “Why We Crave Horror Movies,” Stephen King deliberates on the motives behind people’s craving for horror movies. Some of the reasons he analyzes are simple and obvious, some have a deeper psychological meaning. King writes that we watch horror movies in order to experience the same level of fun as riding a roller coaster. He also suggests that we watch horror movies to experience the set of emotions to which we were conditioned to deem as wrong. King…

of the J-horror genre both in Japan and in other countries. Kaiki films can be considered as the main inspiration behind the present-day Japanese horror films and could even be considered as the impetus behind the continued development of this niche industry. However, despite their connection to the J-horror genre, it cannot be stated that Kaiki movies can be categorized as horror movies under the context of English language horror films. While they do contain aspects related to horror, such as…

Horror is quite the popular genre. But why? Stephen King answers this question in his essay, “Why we Crave Horror.” He claims that we go to show that we aren't afraid, to re-establish normality, and to have fun. He argues that it acts as a catharsis for anticivilization emotions that are still present in the human condition. While many may believe the horror genre is unenjoyable, King’s ideas are still accurate because primitive, anticivilization emotions that need to be fed, still exist within…

We all know what a horror movie or story looks or feels like and sometimes scares the living soul out of us. The suspense and the strategies that these writer create are really fluently interesting, but the question is how do they use these strategies for our own story. These two pieces of literature, How Do Horror Writers Create Suspense? by Percy D’Aco and including the short story August Heat W. F. Harvey, will tell and show the strategies that are useful in writing a horror story, in which…