Thriller

Stephen King is a master storyteller who specializes in thriller stories with supernatural. Supernatural and superstition plays a role in many peoples lives. They knock on wood because something hasn’t happened to them yet, don’t walk under ladders, there are those who practice witchcraft or those that claim to be a witch, Christians and other religions pray to a supernatural being. The psychological thriller TV series called Penny Dreadful comes to mind. It presents the theme supernatural…

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a suspenseful thriller that keeps the viewer guessing up until the closing scenes of the movie. This movie is about a photographer named Jeff Jefferies (James Stewart) that is unfortunately confined to his apartment due to a broken leg. He spends his free time observing his neighbors out the rear window in his apartment. The only relief from voyeurism he has every day is when Stella (Thelma Ritter) the insurance company nurse comes over to massage his back and…

over the years. Mary Shelley's original Frankenstein tale was a different form of story telling in its day and age back when the story was first created there wasn't anything like it. Nowadays the books and movies you see are all about horror and thriller tales. I chose to watch Victor Frankenstein (2015) and The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) These two movies seemed them most interesting to me. The movie Victor Frankenstein is an interesting twist on the classic Frankenstein tale. In this movie…

person could not accomplish both feats, at least in the same film. Also, when a director created a successful film, he or she was usually stuck creating works in that genre for the rest of his or her career. Spielberg was the first person to make thrillers, romances, dramas, and science fiction movies and have successes in each genre. He made it so that other directors who followed him could be involved in films from various genres instead of being pigeonholed in one format exclusively or…

Canadian embassy ambassador, Ken Taylor’s home (Argo). Reviews are generally positive as some say the film is a “watchable, enjoyable film, with some hilarious and nail-biting moments,” (Bradshaw) and others state, “Argo is a ferociously exciting thriller” (Travers). During the actual event, the six evaded Americans were hiding under the protection of Ken Taylor for several…

THE HUNGER GAMES The main character is a teenage girl called Katniss and she lives with her mom and her sister. The story starts in a place called district 12 and it's the poorest district out of the 12 districts. Katniss is good at shooting arrows with her bows to hunt animals.there is an event called the hunger games were kids fight to the death when the tributes were chosen from random kids katniss’s sister was called out. but katniss volunteered in her place to go on a fight saving her…

as a Western, can lead viewers to expect a revenge-driven shootout, as was done in Unforgiven (1990). Actors or actresses staring in the film will also influence the audiences’ expectations of the film. A film starring Tom Cruise is expected to be thriller, and one starring Will Smith would be expected to be a comedy. 2. Orchestration of Detail: By taking into account the structure of details within the film, one should be able to understand how elements interact to create the basis of the film.…

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. She is a typical teenage girl helping her family and she ends up winning her life in a violent game. She has to starve and overcome many obstacles in the hunger games. This story is a fantasy, science fiction, and a thriller. In the Hunger Games they live in a colony with different districts, Katniss and her family live in the tenth district. This area is an unknown colony in the south part of North America called Panem, it takes place in a…

‘Thirteen Days’ is an American historical drama-thriller film. This film is directed by Roger Donaldson. The actors of this film are Kevin Costner, who featured as President John F. Kennedy, Steven Culp as Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Dylan Baker as Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The main character in this movie is President John F. Kennedy. This movie shows what action does the President John F. Kennedy takes from preventing the nuclear warfare happen. The plot for…

Michael became a solo artist but still also performed with his siblings. His first song as a solo artist was “Got To Be There” and was also a number one hit for a while. It was in 1982, that would change his career forever with the dominating song, “Thriller”, which will be discussed later. Since Michael was always in the spotlight, there were a few moments in his later career that affected his…