Cinematic Techniques In Horror Film

In reading this shot one has to bear in mind that horror and particularly the slasher genre have traditionally suffered from a bad reputation; each year a myriad of horror films are released that just recycle the conventions, clichés or even narratives in the case of remakes of anterior films. Becoming a successful director in this genre means that one has to comprehend its spectator. The director has to excel at predicting audience’s reaction, misleading them with the goal of horrifying and shocking to experience the much sought for thanatotic pleasure. Sister Jude 's declaration "I see you for exactly who you are" is, therefore the director telling us that he is aware of the conventions and clichés and knows exactly how to manipulate and mislead his audience. This declaration becomes even more poignant due to the fact that Carrie’s(De Palma, US 1976) soundtrack “Bucket of Blood” is running in the background.

Frightening motion pictures help the audience live different lives in the comfort of their own homes. In the story, Why We Crave Horror Movies, by Stephen King, the issue involves how thriller films appeases oneself. Whereas, the article, Horror Movies Take Escapism to the Next Level Meditation to Destress Allows the Mind a Break, by Amber Appleby, relates to why humans relish suspenseful movies. Thus, both the story and the article indicate similar yet different ideas regarding how horror movies affect us. In the story, Why We Crave Horror Movies, Stephen King apprises the audience that potential lynchers reside within them.

For instance, the very first sentence of Hollinger’s essay starts off with this quote, “As Stephen Neale suggests, an intimate relationship seems to exist among the filmic presentation of the horror monster, the castration anxiety it evokes, and the cinematic representation of the female form.” (Hollinger pg. 243 of the Monsters book), in which she uses to intrigue the reader and to give the reader an idea about the work. Hollinger tells the reader that Neale thinks that the usual origin of a monster in a film is due to a relationship that went wrong and also claims that men are more vulnerable to certain anxieties. The placement of her reference to Neale’s essay allows the reader to conduct an idea of what the essay is going to be about and makes the reader think about what is more threatening between feminine monsters or masculine monsters. I think it was creative of her to reference a well-known philosopher and that she was able to use it to have the reader thinking about movies they’ve watched and figure out whether they’ve actually seen any movie at all with a feminine monster and if they did, then they’d compare them to the masculine monster causing the reader to think even more!

Style Analysis Tim Burton’s unique style grabs many movie watchers attention. When he was a child he always enjoyed monsters because he always felt like an outsider. His early inspirations and influences were Vincent Price who played in many horror movies,and the author Roald Dahl. He displays his character and setting in non conventional way giving him a unique style. He gives off this unique unorthodox dark style and theme of everything is not what it seems,or don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

It is amazing to know that even though we know that a horror movie is going to involve a killer, just like the rest of them, we still want to watch. This is because the trailers are put together so well, it draws us in to where we almost can 't say no. Stephen King also played a big role in keeping things different and never the same. Therefore, he is the king of horror, and truly one of a

One of the best usage of sound design as a tool of storytelling has to be in the first sequence of The Exorcist. As a horror movie, which as a genre builds itself on the vicarious experience it provides, uses more complex patterns of sound design templates to enhance the adventure of watching the movie. Throughout the first scene, Ken Nagle lays what the audience will be the experiencing through the duration of the movie with sound design; the duel between good and evil. The Exorcist’s first sequence, the audience can hear the digging sound of the workers, which resembles the heart pounding. As the tension gets higher, the heart pound becomes faster.

For two centuries now, horror and suspense stories have become one of the most intriguing types of story genres. These genres have captured the attention of countless of readers and nowadays watchers. According to Percy D’Aco, horror stories are created to show discomfort and fear reflecting on one’s greatest fears. In the process of writing horror stories, numerous authors create suspense to make people continue reading and stay hooked on the story. A great example of the use of suspense would be the horror story “August Heat,” written by W.F Harvey.

Armin brings up the interesting point that the legend came be seen in other forms in today 's entertainment like in horror films such as the movie The Grudge. In brings in the concept, that as legend evolved other stories may branch off from it under a new name. I feel like making these kinds of connections might bring in an insight to the evolution of the legend and how they can be used to alter people 's behavior on a large scale, such as when used in a movie. Dundes, Alan. “Bloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-pubescent

Trick or treat!!! Halloween is fast approaching and you might want to scare yourself a little. Let’s prepare to SCREAM, HIDE and RUN OUT of the room as we give you the list you wouldn’t like to miss. These are the top 10 scariest horror movies of all time 1. THE EXORCIST, released in 1973.

Manuel Riveiro who also did the score for 'Knock Knock ' and 'Aftershock '. Gave us some classic horror movie music like Tyler Bates has over the past couple years. Where the music is bold, daring, scary to me unlike anything we 've heard before that 's tenses us up. All in all I would say 'The Green Inferno ' is a movie to go see with your