Horror

Horror films are movies that seek to bring your fears and nightmares to life. They to scare with the morbid and grotesque while entertaining also. They often involve an evil entity, event or person. Horror films feature supernatural creatures like werewolves, ghosts, vampires, witches, and zombies. They also dive into fears of death, of the unknown and loss of identity. They show the darker side of life and expose our vulnerabilities. Movies that push your buttons of anxiety and uneasiness.…

television series known as American Horror Story will definitely have its viewers covering their eyes. This creepy show has hooked many viewers across the country. Some fans may be shocked to find out that American Horror Story connects its fictional characters with real life events. Each season brings to home historical events that have taken place in the United States that is rarely spoken about due to the shock that some of the actions cause. American Horror Story: Murder House was full of…

When analysing Hitchcock’s Psycho, it is clear why it has been labelled as a horror. Although Norman Bates is not a monster in the physical form, his monster-like nature is within his human psyche. There are many reasons for this film to be regarded as a “horror”, the imagery of the old dark house is typical of “horror”, being set in an isolated place, off the beaten track presents a clearly gothic setting where as little as the appearance of a single woman unleashes forces of sexual assault,…

Robert Zemeckis are similar in the sense they are both amazingly put together in a horror movie that the viewers loved. It takes a lot of effort to make a good movie that the audience will like, but it would take more from a horror movie so the audience would stay and watch up till the end. For the people who do enjoy the horror movies, there are many reasons why they watch scary movies. The elements that make the horror effective are that it creates tension; this had been accomplished through…

short-period after the movie. A fine example of this is stated in the essay “Research: Horror Movies and their Effects on Society.” In this work, the author provides a case in which audiences may alter their behavior following a scary movie. He or she portrays their claim by using horror films that led to an alteration in viewer behavior. Their whole purpose in writing this article, is to analyze how and why horror movies effect society the way they have. “The second is Jaws, the thrilling story…

The magic of horror games is to make players watch every step, inducing a feeling of fear when they turn around a corner. Horror game designers use a variety of tools to encourage the sensation of fear. However, players should associate themselves with a character and attach meaning to their actions in order to experience a thrill while playing a game. A concept, known as presence or telepresence - 'a sense of being present in a remote environment ' (Held and Durlach, 1992) - helps to achieve…

movies have to be about jump scares or crazy serial killers . Recently has there been a movie that proves that. Goosebumps is not only a”kid type of horror” , but also a funny type of horror. There has been movies like that such as a common example “ haunted house “ and / or the haunted house series. Both of these types of films not only express horror or comedy ,but put them together in a concoction of funny ,horrific events . Most of the time these mixes of genres may result in a successful…

is often found that horror and thriller seem to get confused. One of the main reasons is because in most horror films, you can find thriller linked to the back of the genre type, as well as finding horror linked to the thriller genre. But what is the difference? It is frequently complex to differentiate, the simpler way is this: horror gives off a horrifying feel, while thriller gives off a thrilling-suspense feel. What is the first thing you think of when it comes to horror? For me, I mostly…

Horror fiction has been a part of pop culture since the 18th century when it presented itself as Gothic horror, but the concept of mythical creatures and monsters is no modern day invention (Mullan para. 3). In fact, stories of horror and mythical creatures date back to the earliest of civilizations, like the Utukku of 2400 BCE Syria and its vampire like tendencies, believed to walk the earth dead but unburied, or the later borrowed Hebrew tale of Lilith, believed to hate the children of Adam…

Everyone knows the most famous horror movies. Although they don’t have their own category of horror movies they are considered classics. There are four main types of horror movies. The first is Monsters, which has the sub genre, creatures.That includes werewolves, vampires and other creatures of that sort. Another sub-genre is neo monsters, typically each neo monster film a different creature is created with different attributes and features. The other two common sub-genres in the monsters…