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    Tell Tale Heart Opinion

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    importantly‚i’m trying to tell you that they should bring out edger allen poe’s great stories. In my opinion‚another reason is because people like the thrill of horror. People around everywhere like horror stories. Edgar Allan Poe’s stories are mainly about horror. He wrote lots of them for example “the raven” is one of his stories.we also watched many horror stories that kill like “the purge” or either “jeeper creepers”.What i’m trying to tell you is that Tell Tale Heart is not a bad book. Tell Tale Heart

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    fun of zombie movies‚ it also kept the elements that made any zombie films as scary and disgusting as it could be. Watching Shaun of the Dead‚ I didn’t see anything that could have ruined the film in the parody horror genre that it is. I think it kept every aspect with the focus of horror to scare the viewers‚ while making them laugh at the same time. Scene example of mockery: One of the best scenes to me is when Shaun and his friend Ed finds out the first time that they were dealing with zombies

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    When dozen of people are asked what makes a good horror film‚ their answers will most likely vary. While some may claim that a horror film needs to be scary and intense‚ others may claim that a horror film needs to have special effects and illusions. Despite the multitude of varying horror film traits‚ one thing is certain‚ these traits are what allow makes horror films so spooky. In one of George Melies’s film‚ The Trip To The Moon‚ there were many examples of it being scary and having crazy cool

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    from the film and then work it out for themselves or they’ll find that it may have a resolved ending so that the film will give them the answers to their questions without the additional thought. The institution has advertised the film as a sci-fi horror and they’ve used dark blue and black colours to entice a male audience to the film; they also may have chosen to use Jake Gyllenhaal‚ who was an unknown actor at the time‚ in this film as he is an attractive young male who could bring in a young female

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    gruesome violent actions into the horror genre. Particularly the use of violence in many death scenes creates a sense of horror and fright through the use of creative gory bloodshed all over bedrooms and bed sheets. Violence in this movie interprets death scenes through a creative artful yet gruesome bloodshed rooms. Violence used in this film gains the attention of spectators who enjoy experiencing fright and hype up with adrenaline as they watch a dark and twisty horror movie. For example‚ this movie

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    An anthology consists of a multitude of writings in one literary piece. This horror anthology should be based on works that are bone chilling in ways that could make a viewer feel disgust‚ fear‚ and a sense of appalment. Quentin Tarantino is an exceptional candidate for this anthology due to his outstanding ability to capture the attention of his audience through violent scenes and portrayal of realistic situations. He is mainly known for his excessively violent films and is hailed as a director/film

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    In Poe’s story the “The Pit and the Pendulum” he distinctively uses symbolism‚ repetition‚ mood and diction to tell a tale of hope over circumstance to make this story come to life for the reader. Unlike the hypersensitive characters from other stories‚ such as the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” this narrator claims to lose the capacity of sensation during the swoon upon receiving his death sentence that opens the story. This story is different from Poe’s other works such as this narrator remains

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    It is undeniable that there is an underlying feature to horror films‚ that makes it so fascinating to its viewers. Robin Wood argues that the relationship between normality and the monster is the essential subject of the horror film (71). More specifically‚ it is seeing the monster‚ the abnormal‚ demolish the norms that oppress us which serves as the main appeal to horror films; a secret‚ albeit satisfying wish fulfilment. This idea is exemplified through The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (The Texas Chainsaw

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    forms of violence have been featured in the fictional surroundings of a horror story. A horror story is a tale that is created with the intent of inducing a feeling of fear. These tales can be traced back to ancient origins and have come to influence a considerable amount of folk literature. Since the twenthieth-century‚ violence has become a popular form of literature exhiting the the universal violence of modern society. Horror stories themselves can feature supernatural elements such as witches

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    Wes Craven's Scream

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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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