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Modern Horror Film: Horrific Catharsis

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Horrific Catharsis focuses on the connection between modern horror films and ancient catharsis. Scream shows how modern horror emcompases the structure of ancient plays, and in Scream you start off with the "prologue". In this "prologue", Casey Becker gets ready to watch a horror film when a strange man calls her and starts terrorizing her. This opening scene sets that stage for the rest of the movie, and the audience awaits the next bit of blood shead to occur. The audience is the driving force of the movie, and modern film makers know it. Audiences are aware of who is alive and who is dead, but they can not tell the characters who are unsure. We, as the audience, are meant to know about all the tradgey that occurs right before our eyes, but

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