Using the release of an anticipated continuation of a famous series - “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” as an example‚ Michael LaPointe in his article “Harry Potter Lives On” debates on how much influence authors have on what happens with their characters outside their own‚ original writings. He starts with a brief description of the book‚ how it got positive reviews‚ but also confused the readers with its unusual form of a script‚ and the fact that it wasn’t written by J.K. Rowling - author of
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figure amassed not only one of the largest fan bases in film‚ but directly influenced its own underground culture. Bela Lugosi donned the crimson cape in 1927 as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel‚ where he was talent-spotted as a character actor for the new Hollywood talkies‚ appearing in the first Dracula film with sound. It would be four years later‚ with the movie adaptation of that play that vampires would become a public icon. Here we are almost ninety years later‚
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was so tiered that he dozed right off. Finally he had enough courage to go in the castle so he followed his dad into the castle to find out it was a laboratory he smell the dense chemicals in the warm air. Then he saw all these monsters from Dracula to Frankenstein! It was amazing and terrifying at the same time! Then all the monsters where charging at him after he herd a voice shriek he ran for his life but the monsters where to fast and got caught him and ate poor Bacon Jr.! The voice was
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Horror films have been around since the 1920’s when Frankenstein and Dracula were created‚ Horror is a good genre to analysis because there are many sub-genre’‚ Slasher is a popular genre ‚ recent slasher films are popular amoungst a younger audience. The American slasher film has its roots in an Italian genre called giallo which usually combines elements of the crime thriller with stalk and slash style scares. John Carpenter got the sub-genre off the ground with Halloween in 1978‚ and pretty soon
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Gothic literature can objectively be boiled down to a series of commonalities that are prevalent in some way‚ shape or form throughout the figureheads of the genre. Themes tying monstrosity to that of bodily deformity‚ duplicity‚ desire and degeneracy are deeply rooted in the genres subtext raising many questions regarding humanity as opposed to the humanities. This view is in part‚ a product of the Victorian era in which this genre thrived. At the time‚ much study was being conducted in regards
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There were some reasons why the Cherokees moved in the first place. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 justified because the Indians did things that are very uncalled for. They did things like‚ scalping men‚ women‚ and children alive. and They also burned them on stakes. Also the Cherokees agree to move because they signed a treaty that if they sign it they agreed to move. Plus when they move they get to receive five million dollars and they also get a lot of land. So the Cherokees agree to move and
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captivating and entertaining the audience at the same time. Horror films feature a range of styles from the earliest silent films‚ to todays CGI monsters and deranged humans. There are many subgenres of horror: slasher‚ teen terror‚ serial killers‚ Dracula and so forth. Two Interesting Facts In the film The Exorcist (1973) the main actor Ellen Burstyn received a
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highly recommend a few popular titles. Some of the games became somewhat of a legend - that includes Rainbow Riches and Monty’s Millions which are considered cult games‚ but there are also Cashino‚ Arabian charms‚ Wipeout‚ the Wild Knights‚ Ooh Aah Dracula‚ Money Mad Martians and Captain Jackpot Ahoy.
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Horror is able to face serious issues in a way that allows us to analyze the situation with a bird’s eye view. Zombies‚ vampires‚ wolves‚ and all other horror tropes are exaggerated and entertaining reflections of our human world and the problems in it. World War Z examines the fear of giant corporations‚ something many people worry about in our modern world. Horror is often so absurd that on the surface we are purely intrigued by the imaginary creatures with their made up problems. Underneath the
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Who I am as cultural being? Culturally‚ I identify myself as Hungarian/American Christian. I am also a first-generation American. It is essential to identify this‚ it relates to my sense of belonging‚ self-perception and ethnicity. All of witch shaped the person I am today. However‚ at some point in time‚ my cultural being has presented confusion for some people‚ (including myself ) as I was born in Romania into Hungarian family‚ raised in Transylvania in a White/Hungarian community. As a result
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