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Mercy, directed by Peter Cornwell and written by Stephen King, is like an open book. It has potential and great music that intensifies the thrill as the scenes pass in the life of George B and his mystical grandmother. This is not like the average horror movie, blood and guts, but a horror movie that is categorized by its thrill. It has an everlasting thrill that will have one grasping to a pillow from the beginning to the end; however, the movie flies by so fast due to the amount of information…

The rush… the thrill… the excitement… the relief, many people go through those types of things when going and watching a horror movie. The adrenaline rush you get starts pumping through every part of your body. That has an effect on our emotions in the human condition we have this positive feeling after watching it. In the Stephen King’s essay, he claims that we to watch horror movies for the pursuit of our emotions. Not to mention, we also go to watch horror movies for the fun of it. King…

While listening to Serial, I enjoy the fact that it lets you observe an event from both sides, without being biased. I like how it flips back and forth between guilty and innocent, keeping you on your toes. Just like everything, there are no black or white, just shades of gray. Sarah Koenig constantly gives you points that support each side with each new episode and it keeps me wanting to listen to the next episode. Hearing this mystery has awakened my desire to read mysteries such as the…

The human brain is certainly the most magnificent organ; it gives us the capacity to imagine things that haven’t happened and make us be conscious of things that might happen in the near future while watching a movie or series. Simply by making a switch in how the shot is taken or the sounds that can be heard in the background. This is what makes scary films so successful, the usage of certain techniques that stimulates our brain to interpret sounds for actions we can’t see and makes us feel…

M. Night Shyamalan’s suspense thriller The Sixth Sense (1999) scrutinizes the unusual and unseen relations between the living and the deceased whilst exploring the unknown world of the afterlife. Cole Sear (9 years old) struggles with understanding that he is a medium and finds closure and help within Malcom Crowe- a child psychologist who is unaware of his own death. The Sixth Sense was the first of many thriller films that Shayamalan wrote and directed. M. Nigh Shayamalan uses a variety of…

Have you seen the original 1999 movie? It is always a good thing to watch the original movie first before watching the sequel. Because viewers need to prepare for the fact that Blair Witch is better and scarier than the first one. To recap, the first movie is a psychological horror and thriller film that revolves around three student film makers. The three aims to make a movie about the legendary Blair Witch. But the three disappeared and the only thing left as evidence of their existence is a…

scary music of a horror movie? When something pops out from around the corner? Have you had that nice warm fuzzy feeling when you watch a romantic movie? Well that is what this project is about! The two movies chosen included a scary movie called Lake Placid and the romantic movie was the Notebook. Wanting to know why your heart feels like it going to pop out of your chest for a scary movie, and why your heart feels all nice and warm when you watch a happy or romantic movie was the reason.The…

We all know that feeling when entering the theater room that is hosting the newest horror movie, sitting patiently waiting for that moment that is approaching fast, but why is it that this feeling always seems to occur when watching a horror movie? Many wonder the same thing, this is why Stephen King has answered a lot of many wondered questions. Three great claims that are brought up in his essay “Why We Crave Horror” mentioning the reasons why people dare to enter the theater room to watch the…

In “Why we crave horror movies”, Stephen King gives several points on why it is people like watching horror movies. In the first part of the essay he says, “I think that we all are mentally ill; those of us outside of the asylums only hide it better – and maybe not all that much better after all.” (378) In this statement, King is simply explaining that in everyone there is a little crazy. Some of us can maintain a clearer head then others. When people go and pay money to see horror movies, it…

Mankind has always had a fascination with monsters. That has lead people around the world to create on their imagination, creatures with strange and abnormal characteristics. The different kinds of monsters that can be found in the world says a lot about which culture created it, and can be seen as a reflection of some characteristics of the culture. Even though the belief in monsters has been lost in the evolution of time and modern monsters are not even similar as how they used to be, it is…