Scary Movie

Do you think The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie? I think this movie is a Halloween movie. This essay with persuade the reader that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie because most characters are Halloween based, the main setting is in Halloweentown, and Christmas gets ruined. First, I will discuss how majority of the characters are Halloween. The main characters are Halloween based, along with the protagonist, and the antagonist. They are all like…

of long shots with high key lighting. He also uses a lot of medium shots with bottom or side lighting making it seem scary especially with his choice of music. One of the best things a director can do is choose the right music for the right lighting in shots. He is very good at using ominous music when its needed. Most of his movies are set in an ominous setting making the movie seem scarier than it actually is. His choice of music and lighting is set perfectly for his style…

I was shock throughout watching the movie. I did not know what to expect from watching this movie, but I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. This was a scary movie because it showed the social construct in society, how wealthy people get what they want while others get hurt in the process. The movie is about a successful, talented black photographer name Chris. Chris and his white girlfriend (Rose) travels to her hometown to visit her parents. Chris and his friend(Rod) had already spoke…

something or a intense feeling of fear and shock. I believe that Frankenstein was written as a horror story, but when compared to all scary movies today by our standards today the movie is not really what we think as scary. Back when the movie Frankenstein was originally created horror was not to the full potential as it is today so then it was a extremely scary movie. Mary Shelly’s novel is mostly one that involves horrific ideas and the unthinkable and practically impossible in that time…

for people to dismiss Stephen King’s contribution to the horror genre. The standard way of thinking about horror has it that anything that has an R slapped on it upon hitting theaters is considered scary and more importantly off limits to children of young ages. Taking a kid to see the new Ouija movie would be frowned upon by a majority of society. At the same time that I strongly believe the social norm of keeping kids away from horror movies, I also believe that there are many movies out there…

exciting filmmaker that enjoys telling a scary story. Additionally, he have made independent films and studio films, sleeper hits and conspicuous flops. As well as hitting the Hollywood's biggest franchises. James is well known as being successful in scaring a person's day. The three movies I've chose to watch and examine was Insidious, Annabelle and The Conjuring. Insidious is a movie about a demon trying to feed off a human's soul to take over the body. In the movie the director used bird…

most out of my day. Vivian and I had no idea what to do at the time. We were bored out of our minds. She suggested that we a scary movie to get more into the Halloween spirit. We surfed the channels to see what was on T.V. at the moment. Halloween with Michael Myers was on. Surprisingly, my ten year old self has not seen a scary movie yet. Since I have never seen a scary movie, I was extremely anxious to watch this one. I was afraid I was going to be too scared…

Ever had the excitement of going to the movie theaters and watching the scariest movie? You begin to experience your heart pounding, blood rushing, and goose bumps surfacing. The tension builds up with fear on what’s going to happen next. Horror movies have become so realistic; it puts characters into real life situations. Don’t worry, you’re safe in your own environment because after all it is just a movie, right? Just experience horror movies vicariously and witness other people get…

a little longer to decide. Some people think the movie is more about Halloween, and some people think The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie. I believe that The Nightmare Before Christmas movie is more of a Halloween movie. The first piece of evidence is because, the setting in the movie is mainly in Halloween Town. And some of the songs are about Halloween like, “This Is Halloween”, and “Kidnap The Sandy Claws”. But, this movie also has Christmas characters, Santa, Mrs.Claus,…

Have you ever watched a movie that left you jumping at every little sound? What about a movie that didn’t necessarily scare you, but left you with an uncomfortable feeling? After watching F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, I wasn’t scared, but more creeped-out. When he directed the movie in 1922, he used many different variables to give Nosferatu an eerie feeling. Murnau broke the typical vampire stereotype when he directed Nosferatu. Instead of making the vampire handsome, charismatic, and…