Horror Movie Conventions
The horror genre is perhaps one of the most identifiable aspects of the American film industry. So established is the genre that for many watching their first truly scary movie has become a rite of passage into adolescence. Though the horror genre has changed and evolved as have the times, the phenomenon of experiencing that first horror movie, or any good horror, is timeless and ageless. Even the location of this experience has changed but no matter whether a horror movie is experienced at a drive in movie, a movie theater, or at home, most people, old and young, can recall exactly what their first horror was, with whom they watched it, and where they were. What makes a good horror movie varies from person to person: edge-of-the seat suspense,
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Throughout this film filmgoers never actually see what is making the sounds or attacking things. One major scene plays with shadow play in the film. Alice is going to take a swim, after she gets dressed she puts on her long robe. She turns off the lights to get ready to go into the swimming pool area. There is a black cat that is down there with her. It starts to hiss at the stairs, but there is nothing on the stairs. The cat gets scared and runs away. Alice takes a look and hears growling and a shadow starts to descend down the stairs. Alice screams and drops her robe. She hops into the deep end of the swimming pool. The growling and the black shadow do not go away though. She sees a figure walking around the outside of the pool, but she cannot be certain of what it actually is. Just a figure of black that makes sounds. Eventually the ladies from upstairs run downstairs and Irena is standing there and turns on the lights. There is no animal to be seen. When Alice goes to put her robe on it’s in shreds. Something had been there, but it is gone now. Another time is when Alice is walking home she keeps thinking something is behind her and there is nothing ever there when she turns around. Again the directors used shadow play to mess with the victims in the film. It also has the audience wondering what is really going on, and if there is a creature or
Throughout this film filmgoers never actually see what is making the sounds or attacking things. One major scene plays with shadow play in the film. Alice is going to take a swim, after she gets dressed she puts on her long robe. She turns off the lights to get ready to go into the swimming pool area. There is a black cat that is down there with her. It starts to hiss at the stairs, but there is nothing on the stairs. The cat gets scared and runs away. Alice takes a look and hears growling and a shadow starts to descend down the stairs. Alice screams and drops her robe. She hops into the deep end of the swimming pool. The growling and the black shadow do not go away though. She sees a figure walking around the outside of the pool, but she cannot be certain of what it actually is. Just a figure of black that makes sounds. Eventually the ladies from upstairs run downstairs and Irena is standing there and turns on the lights. There is no animal to be seen. When Alice goes to put her robe on it’s in shreds. Something had been there, but it is gone now. Another time is when Alice is walking home she keeps thinking something is behind her and there is nothing ever there when she turns around. Again the directors used shadow play to mess with the victims in the film. It also has the audience wondering what is really going on, and if there is a creature or