Horror

We all have something deep inside of us, that makes us crave horror. Is it true, or is it just a myth that people choose to believe in? In the article that Stephen King had wrote, “Strawberry Spring” he says that the it is apart of the “Human Condition” to have a dark. Stephen King also rightly claims that humans crave horror to face our fears and show that we are not afraid, also to re-establish our emotions or normalcy, and to experience this peculiar sort of fun episode. In order for humans…

Horror fiction has been a part of pop culture since the 18th century when it presented itself as Gothic horror, but the concept of mythical creatures and monsters is no modern day invention (Mullan para. 3). In fact, stories of horror and mythical creatures date back to the earliest of civilizations, like the Utukku of 2400 BCE Syria and its vampire like tendencies, believed to walk the earth dead but unburied, or the later borrowed Hebrew tale of Lilith, believed to hate the children of Adam…

Everyone knows the most famous horror movies. Although they don’t have their own category of horror movies they are considered classics. There are four main types of horror movies. The first is Monsters, which has the sub genre, creatures.That includes werewolves, vampires and other creatures of that sort. Another sub-genre is neo monsters, typically each neo monster film a different creature is created with different attributes and features. The other two common sub-genres in the monsters…

As a seasoned fan of horror and literature, I have grown to be very particular of what I may brand as my favorite horror story. Often the horror stories I have come across would fall short under my criteria in being poorly written, predictable, or victims of overused plot structures and horror clichés. Stephen King’s It has cemented itself as an iconic work both in the cinematic world and in literature, and with good reason. Stephen King provides the reader terror in It’s most innocent forms:…

It’s without a doubt that horror films that are made in modern times, like most forms of art, are definitely not what they used to be. The majority of movies in Hollywood today rely heavily on CGI and special effects, which is convenient for the film to look visually appealing, but inconvenient when the story is poor or unrecognizable due to the film makers relying too much on special effects to drive the movie. This is unfortunate,especially for the horror genre because whenever a movie lacks a…

the town to abduct children; so, this is basically the background of the story to set up the plot, yet it is not the attention grabber throughout the movie. While the label of horror to the movie It does not really hold strong, the selection of actors and the skills of makeup save the film and make it successful. Horror film, is what the movie It was intended to describe in terms of genre. In contrast to what professional reviewers said about the movie, most viewers did not agree with the…

Monsters in Film Horror, as a genre of film, has grown and expanded from its beginnings in the 1930s when the term was brought about. Horror films, according to Noël Carroll, are paradoxical in the fact that they provide the viewer with something in the film that they can find to be both disgusting and pleasurable. This paradox of horror is further described by Carroll as being necessary in order to achieve the cognitive pleasure provided by the narrative of the film. “Horror narratives……

think that reading a horror genre is appropriate at our age level. There are many reasons why it is okay to read that kind of genre. Some of the horror books can help with our literary skills or even really our fear emotion, which is one of the most important emotions in our life. In this essay I will tell you the pros and cons of reading a horror genre and why I think we should read that kind of genre at our grade and age level. There are some pros to reading a horror genre at our grade…

identified that induce fear and portals of fear around the world. Fear can be represented in media is a number of different ways. An example being horror films that provide an externalization of fears through echoic and iconic sensory stimuli, regardless of the realism of the potential threat being portrayed in the film. Horror movies such as “the Amityville horror” based on the mass murders in 1974. Use realistic events that have occurred to portray a more dramatic and frighting story. This…

Introduction Look around you, does where you are look uniformly ominous. Are you being chased by an unusually powerful or intelligent being. Well congratulations! You are in a horror film! It may not sound that great because it is not. You are probably going to die, but if you read this guide you might not. So let’s get started! The most important thing I could tell anyone in your situation right now is “don’t be stupid”. It has been said in so many television shows and movies. “Dont go in there…