The Protective Value of Fear Have you ever watched something that happens on a screen‚ yet still it feels real? Imagine feeling scared out of your mind or pumped up by something that is not really happening. Images and sounds can make your heart rate increase‚ your palms wet‚ your muscles tighten‚ and the hair on your arms rise. How healthy can it really be? Suspension of disbelief is the phenomenon‚ which makes it possible to believe a premise you would never accept in the real world. “This is
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the way in which the 2 films Frankenstein and Edward Scissor Hands represent stories of the misunderstood outcast in society. The 1930’s black and white film Frankenstein by James Whale and 1994’s film Edward Scissor Hands by Tim Burton are two movies about a misunderstood creation that is seen as an outcast and practically shunned by the community. In this essay I will be comparing the two films on the outcast‚ context‚ style and technique. The monster in James Whale’s production of Frankenstein
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“I hope you fall in love With someone who always texts back And never lets You fall asleep thinking your Unwanted. I hope you fall in love with someone Who holds your hand during the scary Parts of Horror movies and burns Cookies with you when you’re Too busy dancing around the Kitchen. I hope you fall in love with Someone who sees galaxies in your Eyes And hears music in your Heartbeats. I hope you fall in love with someone Who Tickles you and makes you smile On hard days
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I can still recall the first time that I saw a horror film. I was seven years old and the movie was Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger. Freddy is a frightening character in the 1984 film. He is a serial killer who has knives instead of fingernails. The nightmare that haunted me nightly was the scene when a teenage girl wanders around a dark boiler room in only her nightgown‚ a screeching is heard as knives are scratched against the pipes. The combination of reality into the movie made it
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straight up lie. The 1978 John Carpenter classic Halloween is my all time favorite film‚ both inside and outside the horror genre. Nothing in the Halloween franchise can come close to touching it‚ and although it does have some pretty impressive rivals in the form of Alien‚ The Shining‚ Scream‚ and It Follows‚ Halloween in my opinion still comes out on top as the best modern horror film in history. It’s influence and ability to captivate and terrify‚ not to mention the craft and simple but elegant
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The movie I will write about is the The Purge Anarchy. I would say have more than one genre. I would say that the genres are action‚ horror and thriller. Action movies are movies that have a tremendous impact‚ continue high energy and lots of physical activities. Horror movies are unsettling movies designed to frighten and panic‚ cause dread and alarm‚ and to invoke our hidden worst fears‚ often in a terrifying‚ shocking finale‚ while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic
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The Halloween season is here‚ and that means it’s time for Halloween movies! Maybe you’re a horror movie fanatic‚ or you prefer spooky but silly comedies. If you’re like me‚ you’re part of the second group- so here are the best Halloween movies for people who don’t love sleeping with the lights on. First up is the Disney cult classic‚ Hocus Pocus‚ directed by Kenny Ortega (the man behind the High School Musical franchise). It’s set on Halloween in Salem‚ Massachusetts. What starts as an innocent
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What Makes Interstellar a Good Movie. With genres varying from horror and comedy‚ romance and sci-fi‚ everyone has his or her favorite movie. Their favorite movie is the one they think was so good and entertaining that they would watch it time and time again. However‚ other people may view the same movie as horrible. So what makes a movie truly good? How can philosophers help us come to a universal meaning “good” in the movie industry? Philosophers such as Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and Socrates can give
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Later has all the elements that make a movie scary‚ from terrifying creatures to compelling acting. Another thing that can make a movie particularly scary is the camera work. A horror movie is usually shot with a filter to make it appear as dark as possible. Also‚ camera angles have a large part of establishing tension in a horror movie. One overlooked aspect of camera work‚ is the use of digital film. 28 Days Later takes full advantage of this developing medium and as a result‚ the movie is significantly
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People flock to horror movies each year. Usually to be scared. Another is to solve the question of Who done it? Unfortunately‚ a lot of these horror movies fail to scare people or make the killer so obvious the audience gets bored. Occasionally‚ there are a few horror movies that stick out. Scream‚ directed by Wes Craven‚ is one of them. Wes Craven is always toying with the viewer’s fears. Always finding ways to scare the audience at every turn. He also plays with the viewer’s head‚ and has them
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