Morality In John Carpenter's The Bogeyman

Haunted houses are very important to the history of Halloween. If we didn’t have them it just wouldn’t be the same. They won’t be around for too long, but where did the tradition of haunted houses come from?

In schools across the world, children learn that, despite rampant injustice committed by a few, there is still good in the honorable majority of mankind and the promise of righteousness under the law. These children mature idolizing both superheroes in society and those existing on the big screen, teaching that right will trump wrong and that good will prevail over evil. Unfortunately, however, this is not an all-encompassing theme outside of the fictional realm. In Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, Geraldine Coutts, a rape victim on a Native American reservation, finds only injustice in the very judicial system that sought to protect her. As a result, her family is put on a path of vigilante justice while Geraldine attempts to recover, and just as she is unable to find closure through the traditional path of legal prosecution she does not recover from her rape through paternalistic sources of authority and power either.

In 1861 America’s first serial killer was born, and through him Chicago became the location of his most devious and demented creation, the “Murder Castle”. Through him and his “castle’, this killer was possibly responsible for up to 200 murders and the concept of the modern-day “haunted house” was born. His name was H.H. Holmes, and he was known as the “Beast of Chicago”, rumored to have possibly been or connected to Jack the Ripper, and remembered through the book “The Devil in the White City” (Benzkofer, 2014).

[hook here] The horror genre has different elements that are repeated throughout all horror stories. One of the most common elements of horror is the use of suspense. According to “What is the Horror Genre?”, “…horror stories share the use of suspense as a tactic with many other kinds of literature…that suspense is intensified by our knowledge of the genre.” The advance knowledge of what is going to happen also creates suspense—authors can either confirm those expectations or surprise the reader with a different outcome. Another element associated with horror is setting. When people think of horror, they typically think of old houses, abandoned castles, damp cellars, etc. Another element of many horror stories is focusing on the conflict between

In Of Mice And Men, George and Lennie were very close due to the fact that George looks after Lennie. They form almost a parent and child bond. Lennie does not know his own strength and continuously kills small animals that he wants to care for and pet. Lennie not knowing his own strength is developed further when Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s Wife. Lennie was stroking Curley’s Wife’s hair to the point that she became alarmed and panicked and when she did so, Lennie broke her neck by shaking her too hard, he wanted her to stop yelling. He did not mean to kill her and knew he did a horrible thing that would make George mad at him. George had to think about Lennie’s consequences of this, Curley wanted to lynch Lennie but George did not

By revealing how Slim is looked up to by the others and how he reacts in difficult circumstances, John Steinbeck in Of Mice And Men divulges that with social norms, such as treating the mentally impaired as animals, one can have considerate ethical judgement disregarding societies thoughts.

Spooky things exist to feed off people’s emotions. People normally view these spooky things using a set rules or scale to judge these type of monsters. This is how people are aware of the situations that they are in. In order to escape this situation, people must think about it to themselves. Due to these situations, people of our community watch horror movies in order to simulate the idea of spooky things for the future. In the articles of “Why Do We Crave Horror Movies” by Stephen King and “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead by Chuck Klosterman, both author argues have similar ideas to why the human being crave horror movies because of the emotions we get from them.

Hypnosis is a topic widely discussed throughout society. There are many different points of view on it, whether it’s a battle between its existence, or a debate on the pros and cons associated with it. One can say it’s amazing; the fact that one can potentially read the lives of others. One may differ and find the idea disgusting, taking into consideration the privacy invasion. There is an interesting book written exactly on the consequences of hypnosis, called “A Stir of Echoes,” by Richard Matheson. A young man named Tom suffers an act of hypnosis which leads him onto hallucinating a young woman and feeling excruciating pain. A movie is also based off of it, but it drastically differs from the original book. The plot holds a large difference,

This statement proves to show that in this movie more characters shown/introduced are monsters that live in Halloween Town such as Werewolves, Vampires, Skeletons.

A 1984-classic horror movie Nightmare on Elm Street will have a new remake under New Line Cinema that will definitely make you scream all your lungs out. The 2010 reboot of this movie will be scrapped and will have a fresher take on the film.

Burton’s films also focus around the corruption of high authoritative people, including Max Shreck, the president of Gotham city in Batman and also the corruption of the Judge in Sweeney Todd. Furthermore, the high authoritative people who have already attained success and acceptance from society, tend to be the corrupt and evil characters, the real monsters, whereas the physical monsters and anti-heroes that are neglected from society, are the ones who deserve recognition from the public, these misunderstood characters include Penguin from Batman Returns who fights to gain acceptance and love from society, something Max has already gained. This could also be interpreted in Edward Scissorhands whereas the misunderstood monster, Edward, is kind and wants acceptance and love from society, however the public pose as the real monsters, who stereotype him and are quick to point the finger, leading to the public actually posing as a threat and becoming the true villains, where at the end, they hunt down Edward and lead to the kidnap, attack and death of civilians.

An obscurity knowing of a character leads readers to think more about the person’s position in the book. Moral Ambiguity is when it is not clear that a person is positive, nor villainous. The character is portrayed as a vindictive person to the readers but a good person to themselves. In the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, Curley's Wife, is portrayed as a morally ambiguous character. Curley’s Wife is depicted as morally ambiguous because she uses her sexual appeal to lure men into her life, but in her point of view, she is trying to repel her loneliness.

Can Homicide ever be justified? In John Stienbecks’s Of Mice And Men George milton has the impossible choice of killing his best friend Lennie Smalls or let him die by the hands of a hateful man. George make the hard decision to kill him. This save Lennie from a lot of pain, also helps george become free, and Lennie does not even know what is happening.

The well-known director Tim Burton has been appealing audiences all around the world by creating creepy and mysterious feelings while also satisfying his audiences with fun childlike plot lines. Burtons style is shown throughout his many movies such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Corpse Bride. These movies and many more show the directors style as being creepy and mysterious, but also makes it enjoyable for children and families to watch. With the use of cinematic technique Tim Burton is able to create his spooky and addicting style. In the movies above, cinematic techniques are used through and through to portray that creepy, mysterious and dark style that Burton has conveyed through his many movies and Claymation's.

Stephen King's Why We Crave Horror Movies explains why he thinks people watch so many horror movies. According to him, everyone is all a little crazy in their own way. There is just a variety of definitions of crazy. There is also a difference between deranged and having a guilty pleasure.