Silent Hill

This sub-genre has the most daunting horror films ever made predominantly because of less or no usage of supernatural or paranormal activities and plays mainly on the audiences fear, especially the fear of the dark. Films such as The Ring, The Silent hill and Shining fall under this category. When it comes to the literature bit of it, the stories often have in detail description of the trauma and mental instability the character is going through in the books. The story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” is…

Samantha Navarrete Mrs. Joanne Treffner English 1 June 2015 Shedding Light on Night “The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.” -Mal Pancoast Elie Wiesel would definitely have agreed with Mrs. Pancoast. Almost seventy years have passed since the liberation of Buchenwald in 1945 when Elie Wiesel was released from the clenches of the Nazi Germany concentration camp. Through the hardships and devastating conditions. Elie Wiesel survived to write his heart wrenching memoir…

The Road to Sampo directed by Lee Man-hee tells the story of 3 wandering strangers who find themselves traveling together through the snowy mountains in search of a new shot at life. On the surface, this film seems like a lighthearted journey about unexpected friendship and love. But if we look deeper, we learn about the human condition and how each character had their own personal experience that shaped them over time. As the film progresses we are able to observe how their dark pasts left…

“That garn dun rappity hip-hoppity music nowadays! It’s just filled with sex, drugs, and guns! That’s probably what’s causing my son to act so rebellious!”, exclaimed the middle aged man walking by me. I pondered on his quaint notion; was it truly hip-hop to blame for his son’s defiant demeanor? I think not, there’s multitudes of other variables that come into play when it comes to this young man’s attitude, so why just automatically prey on hip-hop? Think about it: a good amount of music has…

Nishita Aggarwal PGDJ14106 Individualist anarchists and collectivist anarchists have more in common with one another than they have with neoliberalism. Discuss. Anarchist ideology is defined by the central belief that political authority in all its forms, and especially in the form of the state, is both evil and unnecessary because order and social harmony can arise naturally and spontaneously, and do not have to be imposed ‘from above’ through government (Heywood, A. 2007 p 175). During the…

Desire or Deception On August 20th, 1989 in the midst of police brutality, gang wars, and perilous music, a brutal homicide occurred in the shadows of Beverly Hills California. Kitty and Jose Menendez were found massacred in their living room on a regular Sunday night. Originally, authorities believed the homicide to be a mafia hit; but that theory quickly dissolved after a confession from Erik. In the trial, cameras in the courtroom exposed the gruesome details of this case, allowing the people…

descriptive poems to test Pao-Yu’s abilty. Pao-Yu too was well aware of his father’s intention. Though Pao-Yu dislikes his father, he clearly still desires to make his father love and appreciate him, as evident when Pao-Yu suggest a beautiful name for a hill. Chin Chung’s dying message to Pao-Yu asked Pao-Yu to break away from his family and make a name for himself, but Pao-Yu seems to be trying to do the opposite and finally gain his father’s…

Everyone at some point of their lives has gone through situations where they find themselves continuously keeping certain things like: thoughts, their own needs, or even happiness in complete confinement. This is either for the sake of their own morals, selflessness for others own needs, or even just out of fear from what they want or desire being wrong. Edith Wharton once said, “The worst of doing one 's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else,” which means that doing…

uncontainable adolescent, turned into a flat silent little girl. Rae cried, sobbed, paced, but refused to sit; refused to be comforted, would not eat, would not be touched, pushed her sisters, her parents, even Alex away. Alex raged. Banging his fist on the tables, throwing things across rooms. He cleared the whole of the vegetable garden pulling out plants that had not yet matured. Soon all that was left was a lemon tree pruned to a stump and the empty hill hoist spinning in the wind. ‘He is…

from the north as we step out from the cozy warmth of the plane and into the vehicle. We are now off heading towards my cabin in the snowy mountains for the best skiing adventure ever. We had Sam, an ex-marine, driving our snow covered S.U.V up the hill with chains clanging on the asphalt, and the tire spinning at points on the mountain as we drove through the night. I was in the front passenger seat squinty ahead to make sure we do not drift off the road. Michael…