Horror

Year, Kudos… I think that we can all agree that, for a long time now, the word “horror” has been losing its meaning throughout all kinds of media and entertainment, mostly because of the incredibly infamous “jumpscares” and lack of creativity when it comes to build up tension with the player/viewer. So, when I saw Albino Lullaby (a game that brags about its inventive methods of horror, and how it promises to be a horror game without jumpscares nor gore) I was pretty excited, thinking to myself…

“Goosebumps” is a movie that includes science fiction, monster, horror and fantasy content. It also can be classified as a comedy which has conflict of interest, expectation and reality. Most of the people who like science fiction, mystery and fantasy content will enjoy this movie because this film is filled with monsters, zombies and creepy dummies. The special effects are very good as real and the monsters are looking real, so the audience would not feel that the effects are unreal and fake or…

exactly that in all his movies. Never did he once give his audience a break. Even if the movie is at a calm scene, he always makes something crazy happen to scare the audience right back in their seats. Alfred Hitchcock was able to create a new kind of horror film that was able to get into the audience 's minds and make them experience unforgettable suspense and fear; this is seen and mimicked in many films, that future directors would make after his iconic and legendary movies. Many of his…

Throughout the film industry, Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho has revolutionized the horror genre with his ways of merging the obvious with the mysterious. Alfred Hitchcock, ‘Master of Suspense,’ is known for his filming techniques which made his film stand out compared to other horror films during his period. Hitchcock used these techniques throughout the film Psycho to add suspense and give the viewers details on the characters and their surroundings. One of the most important scenes, where…

Creepy Clown Sightings Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a horror movie come to life? Well all over the world it is , clowns started out as friendly people at birthday parties or circuses , as expressed in horror films clowns have a dark side to them as well. The creepy clown sightings began in Greenville, S.C at an apartment complex which is against the edge of the woods. On August 21st, a police deputy investigated reports of a clown trying to pull kids into the woods.…

Today students learn about the horrors of the Holocaust and how they can not let it repeat, but it took a long time for the world to do something about it. The memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel shares his story as a 15 year old trying to survive during Holocaust. The Holocaust was when Hitler and Nazi Germany killed million during World War II, about six million Jews were killed. Outsiders of the Holocaust would remain silent about the horrors because they were more worried about themselves, were in…

producer of Paranormal Activity and Sinister. If a person were familiar with examples of scary movies, they would know that Paranormal Activity and Sinister are both horror films. Mentioning those two films causes a person to feel the same scared, emotional response watching The Purge as if they were about to watch the other two horror films. Another way the text is used to create an emotional response is by including the phrase, “survive the night,” in dark lettering beneath the main title of…

Get Out Do you want to read a book that is filled with horror and fright to the point where you can't put the book down? Then The Shining is the book for you. A horror action/ survival intense filled book that will scare you straight is good way to describe this Stephen King book Let me just quickly say that this is by far the scariest novel that I have ever read. King brings out all of his great of writing techniques and creative writing mind in The Shining. At 447 Pages it exhibits all of…

watching the movie, I left the theater disappointed and wanting more out of this horror movie. It wasn’t till plenty of research that I found that Crimson Peak is in fact not a horror movie. Correct, but is it any surprise that the director of Hellboy, Pan’s Labrynth, and the Devil’s Backbone, was able to create a romance film set in a haunted castle? Del Toro sets out to create a gothic romance complimented with shades of horror. Therefore, when you judge it as a gothic romance, you have one…

Looking at the movie poster for the film Unfriended, it is clear that the creators want moviegoers to watch a new genre of horror, captivating them with cyber possession revenge. The poster features a drop down search menu with the name “Laura Barnes” and the word, possession and revenge appear. Above the search menu, there is a teenaged girl screaming with her face distorted on a screen with only darkness surrounding her. Underneath the search menu, in red text it says, “THIS APRIL REVENGE…