Splatter film Essays

In his painting, Lake Superior Landscape, George Morrison uses a combination of the visual elements line, texture, and color with the principles of design of repetition and visual unity to create an intriguing, abstract take on the traditional landscape painting. Morrison depicts the horizon at the top of the painting in purple, with the lake directly underneath it in blue. The bottom half of the painting is a representation of the cliffs that border much of Lake Superior. Morrison uses a combination

Horror films have the capacity to be utilized as vehicles to discuss or address issues of social change and societal transformation. This essay is concerned with the function of the nuclear family in horror films. The question that is the focus of this essay is: how does the horror film use the family to address social issues? Therefore, this essay theorizes that horror films utilize the nuclear family to demonstrate the impact and effect that societal change can have on individuals within the family

Alfred Hitchcock produced plenty of films which are suspense and thrilling. In his filmography, Spellbound and Rope were produced in a bit earlier stage. Spellbound is the first batch of film using the topic of Psychoanalysis. Rope is the first experiment film made by Hitchcock. Even though, these two films produce early before the well-known film such as Psycho and Vertigo in his filmography. Hitchcock was successful in creating suspense and mystery in these two films as using rusty technique and editing

The second collaboration between Tak Sakaguchi and Ryuhei Kitamura after "Versus," resulted in a film very similar in themes and aesthetics with the splatter and cult favorite. A family on vacation runs on a group of bank robbers near na isolated forest. The gangsters take the family as hostages but soon after, a samurai rises from the grave and attacks them. Sometime later, some policeman who were pursuing the robeers arrive in the same place only to be ambushed by a zombie who seems to have organized

deserve, their own comics, named manga. This tendency is not exactly new, since films based on manga/anime were being shot since the 70's. However, it is the first time that so many and so expensive, and subsequently so elaborate productions, are being made. This is chiefly attributed to two factors: 1. The people behind those films finally realized that they could not squeeze 8 or more hours of anime into a single film, and thus decided to present the movie in two or three parts, retaining in that

In 1978, John Carpenter released his horror film Halloween, which would not only go on to become not only the most important slasher films, however, it would be one the most successful independent movies ever made. The low-budget film was produced at $300,000 and grossed over $50 million after its release. The film begins by introducing it notorious, evil killer and psychopath, Michael Myers. Michael Meyers began his reign of terror as a boy, killing his older sister, Judith on Halloween night in

The producers of the TV series Masters of Horror, an anthology shot by various directors, chose Miike for an episode; however, they got far more than what they bargained for. Imprint was violent enough for the people of Showtime to refuse broadcasting it. In 19th century Japan, an American journalist is searching for his lost love, a woman he abandoned despite his promises. His investigation leads him to a secluded island, where a prostitute informs him that his loved one is deceased. Subsequently

In Robert Zemeckis’s 2000’s film “What Lies Beneath”, he shows the significance of camera angles, scores, and special effects. These all help establish boundaries and moods that are set throughout the movie without Zemeckis verbally stating them. Also, they make the scene more realistic and allow the audience to see the movie and a different view which makes for a different prospective. As well as decreasing the sense of knowing what will happen next. In Zemekis’s film “What Lies Beneath”, he is able

Hiroki Yamaguchi 's "Bloody Chainshaw Girl" is manga splatter at its best The film is based on the manga series "Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw." by Rei Mikamoto and in general, Yamaguchi manages to retain the preposterous aesthetics of the original medium. In that fashion, the film does not delay a moment to highlight its bloody, slapstick and fan service nature as Giko Nokomura, the protagonist, immediately gets into a fight with a bunch of ex-classmates, who have been transformed into killer androids

It takes us into the present, with the movie starting with three millennials out in the streets pranking unsuspecting people while filming all the action on a handheld gopro. The scene first starts with Jean, her hands with splatters of blood asking help from another victim. This isn’t the type of victim that involves murder, it’s actually a prank victim. The victim eventually believes her, while Jean acts like she is in pain and shows her back to the victim. It seemed like it had a knife

Hong Kong cinema has had an international presence since the 80's particularly through the martial arts, wuxia and crime films, while in the 90's art-house films entered the equation. However, another category, less known in its majority, also asserted its own audience, chiefly among the fans of cult and CAT III. This was the horror film, which eventually found its place in Hong Kong and international cinema with a number of masterpieces that became international sensations and in some cases, cult

Breaking Bad In 2013, Guineas Book of World Records certified ‘Breaking Bad’ as the highest-rated TV series of all time. It has not only been nominated but has also won many awards including sixteen Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Satellite Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Peabody Awards, two Critics ' Choice Awards, and four Television Critics Association Awards. Breaking Bad is an American crime drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The series attracted an exceptional number of

The Alchemist is a wonderful fiction novel by Paulo Coelho. The novella, published in 1988, is a huge success, selling over 150 million copies and making it to the top charts. (addicted2success) . Coelho succeeds in delivering his message smoothly and innovatively throughout the story; one should forever live to pursue his personal legend and never give up on his dream. (Coelho). The monomyth applies to the main character of the novella, Santiago, a young Shepard with enough passion and will to uncover

Throughout the film, there are umpteen numbers of scenes one can be put faced to the blatant sexual objectification of not some, but all female characters in the film. The very first glimpse of such objectification can be seen through the character of Xiao Mei. Although not a main and significant character in the film, Xiao Mei was one of the younger masseuses working in Lin Dong’s parlour. She too, like Pingguo and her husband, had come to Beijing from a small village town with the hopes and dreams

Moulin Rouge (1952) was a movie directed by John Houston which was based in the late 19th century of Paris. The movie was a biopic of the famous Post – Impressionist artist, Henri de Toulouse – Lautrec and also introduced the audience to the bohemian sub- culture of the 1890s Paris. The movie started with the exuberant and enthusiastic dance of the Can-Can dancers in a nightclub which is extravagant and extreme. There was a long curvy stair, a big centre place for dancing which brightly lit and

How to Survive on Mars with Ease Cast Away is a film that teaches us to survive on an island. The film describes the steps that can be done if we terdampat on an island alone. And that 's what I always catch when watching the movie, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Robert Zemeckis. All about survival. What happened in Cast Away yagn can certainly happen to anyone. But what if no longer survive on an island. But deep in the outcome there. Precisely, on Mars. I find it difficult to imagine

About roughly one hundred years ago, humans created gadgets which are called camera. At first when the camera was invented nobody knew the importance of it, but as televisions and cinemas were invented in recent year’s people slowly started to understand the importance of these technologies. As the technologies started to evolve its shape, humans started to move from televisions and cinemas to movies, where they can resemble with their daily life. The movie has become one of the largest industries

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman (who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film). Construct freely with respect to certainty, the film recounts the account of Wild West bandits Robert LeRoy Parker, referred to history as Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), and his accomplice Harry Longabaugh, the "Sundance Kid" (Robert Redford), as they relocate to Bolivia while on the keep running from the

unfortunately still millions of do not have any contact with cinematography and television. Because television has good and bad sides, which people should remember about. At the beginning television and films are sources of inspiration to many people around the globe. Actors and actresses often become in a film or a tv series person, who is what some women or men would like to be in the real life. The perfect body, the perfect life, love, happiness, friendship for a big part of a community this is what they

Music Video Theory Simon Friths Music Theory (1988) Simon Friths theory was that all music videos fall under three categories: performance, narrative and conceptual. Performance is the artist performing their song, narrative is where there is some sort of storyline helping the audience to relate to them. The last one is conceptual music videos which don’t tend to have a story and are very open to interpretation and what the viewer thinks about them. Performance Performance based music videos are