Scream 2

"genre savvy", actively pointing out horror movie cliches and such within the movie. This kind of film would not work as I was trying to observe these clichés when they were being played straight rather than for cultural reference of comedy (think Scream). My personal qualifications for a slasher movie in the context of this research was that the film had to be focused around either teens or young adults, featured a malicious presence in the form of a killer which was actively "hunting" the…

Horror has many sub-genres, while Jaume Collet-Serra’s House of Wax (2005) can be called a horror film, it may easily be classified as a slasher film. Slasher films typically revolve around a twisted serial killer molded by adversity faced throughout life. They usually target young, attractive adults in desolate areas. Throughout the movie, Jaume Coller-Serra effectively uses these common characteristics in his film along with a few others. After 1978 people began to view horror films…

American Pastoral, a book painting a vibrant picture of American ideals revealed over time to be unattainable, ends its tragic story with some of the most contradictory elements possible: a scream, a laugh, and finally, a question. The scream takes place at the dinner party, uttered by Lou Levov, who has been in the kitchen of Swede’s house doing his awkward best to stop the inebriated Jessie Orcutt from, in his view, making a complete fool of herself. Distressed by his arrogance, she stabs him…

This story begins by introducing the reader to its protagonist, Teddy. Teddy is a highly spiritual ten year old genius, he believes in reincarnation and that, in a past life he was an Indian man who was close to enlightenment. However, his meditation was interrupted and he was reincarnated into the body of an American boy. Teddy is determined to reach enlightenment, so he meditates constantly and refuses to buy into American culture and the materialistic society that comes along with it. Teddy…

The article Sex and Violence in Slasher Films: Re-examining the Assumption written by Barry S. Sapolsky, Fred Molitor, and Sarah Luque observes a research on cruel, violent and sexual images in horror movies from the 1980s to 1990s. The main point of the article is researching on victims' gender and connection between sex and murders in slashers. Horror movies of the 1960s-1970s were thrillers featuring awful bloodbath. Blood and violent picture attracted audience of young movie fans. Such…

They share the same genre values with the filmmakers. For instance, look at John Carpenter’s Halloween. By the time this film came out audiences knew what to expect when seeing this. This movie would surly have blood, suspenseful moments, and an emotional undertow; it did not disappoint. By the time this movie was released, in comparison to Dracula¸ it was often expected that the ending leave you wondering whether or not the “bad guy” was actually dead. In particular, at the end of Halloween, Dr…

In Drew Goddard’s Cabin in the woods, five college students arrive at a cabin to vacation for the weekend, unaware of the horrific events that lie ahead. Each character portrayed a standard character type in the beginning of the film, but as the film continues the audience learns more about each character and their true identity. Curt “The Athlete”, Jules “The Whore”, Marty “The Fool”, Dana “The Virgin” and Holden “The Scholar” all play the leading roles. The film is set-up as the stereotypical…

The genre of horror films has evolved into an existence that would have once come across as sadistic and unoriginal to the people of the early twentieth century. Horror enthusiasts Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, and Edgar Allen Poe would cringe in their coffins at what has come to the genre they influenced, perfected, and created for the world to experience. What once used to be a never ending, bloodcurdling screaming celebration has since turned into horror flicks that now seem to be more comedic…

In the article, “Why We Crave Horror Movies,” Stephen King informs his readers with his opinion that humans have a craving for being frightened. King gives examples of how all humans are insane in their own way. It could be from fearing hysterically, to talking to themselves when stressed. Horror films are what exercise that side to humans, which gives entertainment and a thrill of excitement being scared. King also gets into the topic of emotions of kindness gets applauded, while…

and cool colors. In paragraph three of this essay I reference the river as a place of draining sorrow. If you were to compare the river to the stars, they both represent the same things- the hope of something more in life. In Starry Night and The Scream, references of both the artists’ pasts of pain, sorrow, death, family, hope and…