Director's Perception Of Fear In A Horror Film

My grandma once told me, “If you stay up too late at night, the boogeyman will get you”. I never believed her but I knew I wouldn’t want to see the Boogeyman if he actually existed. Most people would actually want to watch these horrible beings. In this case, they would want to view a horror movie such as “Friday the 13” or “Nightmare on Elm Street”. It is part of our Human Condition to be attracted to the films and asking for more. Stephen King’s claims in “Why we crave horror” asserts us that humans crave horror to face our fears, to re-establish our feelings of normalcy, and to experience a peculiar sort of fun.

When you think of fear, what do you think of? Have you ever been absolutely terrified by something that you become petrified. Your brain is programed to protect you from all threats to your body this protection is known as fear. When we touched a hot pan along with burning ourselves now we will not do that repeatedly for fear of being burned. Mr. King states, three claims that we go to horror movies to have fun  also we go to feel normal then at last, we go to face our fears but is that genuinely true?

Prepare yourself for a journey. Travel with me, as we explore the mind of a character named Roy played by Edward Norton in the film directed by Gregory Hoblit in 1996 Titled “Primal Fear”. In this film Roy suffers from a psychological disorder. As we travel on this journey deep into the mind of this character, we will begin to unlock the secrets that lay within. Discovering what psychological disorder Roy suffers from, how he thinks and his thought process from a bio-psychological perspective, and treatments for this disorder using cognitive behavior therapy. “Primal Fear” is the story of a young man who is accused of the murder of an archbishop. With all the evidence pointing towards him as the target suspect, an ambitious and vagarious

Obviously, to not believe in what Christ’s taught and fought against, inevitably becomes the same thing as not believing in Him.

The music in horror movies are very similar to our modern time music but not the same. It is a great way to scare you because the sound can turn suddenly loud and scary music can also create suspense. Jaws had the best music technique. One example was when the shark comes attack the music used there made the movie one of the best.For another example when there are on the beach the music was really calm lt all sudden change to scary music that is used when the shark comes attack The Others used music for a fake scare also at the end when they know they are dead also the beginning.signs hads sunden music scares that was really good for scaring people but jaw was the best.If you use good

As humans, it is in our nature to feel fear. Fear is an emotion caused by the belief that something or someone is dangerous, or a threat. We feel fear to protect ourselves from possible dangers, so if we didn’t feel it, we couldn’t protect ourselves. Different time periods have different kind of fears, based on the culture and what is going on during the time period. The fears of the 2000s would be different than from the fears of the 1930s, because they knew and experienced different things. In the 1930s, humans feared the death of the economy. The Great Depression was a defining factor of the ’30s. Millions of Americans lost their jobs, and the Stock Market Crash of 1929 was the worst stock market crash the world had ever faced. The movie White Zombie was produced in 1932, the year when the Depression hit the hardest. This movie represents the fears America felt at that time period, because this movie came directly from the time period. White Zombie is used to reflect the cultural fears of the 1930s through metaphor by comparing cultural fears to zombies. Most of the main characters can be considered a monster in this movie. The director of White Zombie, Victor Halperin, uses metaphor to compare how his characters are representative of fears in the 1930s. Now we can go into depth on how this is true.

As a child my older siblings would always pinch and poke at me when it came to my small irrational fear of the dark. They became especially unmerciful after we had binge watched all the horror movies we owned. The purpose of the foreboding film is to entertain people with the sense of fear, and to us that’s fun. Watching the horror films did exactly what it was intended to, feed into my hysterical fear of darkness. As my fear grew greater and greater the void began to consume me, and the man in my closet grew stronger and stronger and at this point I could not tell the difference from me enjoying it or not.

There are many ways you can persuade someone into doing something. The best way to do that is to appeal to their emotions by using fear. Fear is the best emotional appeal because of three reasons. It scares someone into doing what’s right or what it is someone is trying to get them to do. In addition, a person would think about what they really want for their future. As well as changing their perspective of a particular thing.

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As I am going to use my skills of Critical Thinking and Errors of Judgment in the movie called Primal Fear by William Diehl to write a paper. “Critical term is to describe forms of learning, thought, and analysis that go beyond the memorization and recall of information and facts.” (http://edglossary.org/critical-thinking/). For instance, it is very important for students to analyze situations, to solve problems, and to make good decisions. “An Error of Judgment occur in the process of sorting out and assessing evidence.”

SM is known for her lack of fear. When a stranger pressed a knife at her throat and said he was going cut her, she said “If you’re going to kill me, you’re going to have to go through my God’s angels first.” The stranger let her go, and she continued walking. Moreover, she voluntarily walked into this situation because when the stranger initially called her over, she approached the stranger even though it was dark and she said the stranger looked like he was drugged according to Melnick reported by the Associated Press. Her inability to feel fear is from a degenerative disease that damaged her amygdala, the center of fear.

Fear is an emotional response and that’s what makes us vulnerable to various symptoms of panic attacks; therefore, many people would rather not conquer their fear, but instead, they would try to steer clear from it. The former me will agree to the mentality of avoiding the fear; however, if the fear poses any obstruction to our daily lives, I strongly advise that we should seek help to get over the fear. By succumbing to the fear will elicit the loss of numerous chances that might have been valuable to us. Taking my experience into account, I have missed out countless of moments to forge friendships or taking part in social events from the fear of change. We live in a society that is constantly growing and by letting the fear manipulating our

The role fear plays on an individual’s life impacts them more than most other aspects of life. The fear that someone is always being watched causes that person to act in a way so as not to get in trouble, not be judged for acting different from the rest of society, and to be accepted and fit in. By using a lens provided from Foucault’s “Panopticism” to watch the film Nerve, it becomes clear that individuals within society conform to what they think other people, or even society as a whole, want them to be. This reveals how society is our prison, and we are its prisoners. However, unlike in the Panopticon and the movie, there is no escape for us. No matter what, there will always be someone there watching and waiting for a mistake to slip.

The genre of film, found footage, is looked down upon in today’s society. Although the genre has a large following, since some if its top movies are the infamously popular Paranormal Activity series. Some believe the genre is taking the art away from making the movie and replacing it with jump scares all from the view of a handheld camera. Others believe it is a new way to make films cheaply and be able to still deliver the same amount of excitement or even more than your traditional film.

A sixteen-year-old boy sits on the couch and watches a horror movie. Suddenly, a scene where a man stabs a woman emerges on the television screen. The boy is not distressed by this scene because he is used to witnessing a great deal of violence before. He just learned a new idea and increased his criminal expertise. As a result, horror movies inspire copycat crimes. Copycat crimes are defined as those that are “inspired, motivated or modeled after acts that have occurred before in the media” (“Understanding”). The crimes themselves either mirror the inspiring acts or are simply based upon them. Violence and criminal behavior shown in horror movies affect people psychologically and physically. Watching violence in the media desensitizes people to the world around them and enables them to become more familiar with violence and crime. One may conclude that horror movies do not affect them because they watch horror for fun, however, people are unconsciously affected by watching horror movies. Although most people believe horror movies do not impact them, horror movies inspire people to commit copycat crimes in real life because the violence portrayed in the media psychologically damages people and makes them more aware of violence.