Halloween : A Little Boy

Horror is a genre that is often overlooked due to a plethora of reasons. Readers tend to think of vampires or werewolves, but it is much more in depth. Horror is a genre that if dissected properly, can help the reader understand the correspondence to society. The Horror genre has been around since the 1890’s, when Georges Méliès was credited for creating the first horror film, emphasizing the idea that horror films have a cavernous meaning. In Georges Méliès famous short film, Le Manoir du Diable, the main character confronts Satan and has nowhere to run. This represents conflict within oneself, coinciding with the idea of a deeper meaning being prevalent throughout Shirley Jackson's work. In the novel, The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley

Setting conventions play a huge part within the horror genre. Since horror first existed it has been set in ghostly abandoned castles with spooky dark dungeons, gloomy forests and spine-chilling secret passageways. Since these, settings in the horror genre has evolved into a more terrifying definition of scary. In horror movies today we mainly see old, haunted, broken down houses set in isolated forests exactly like the new house the family moves into in ‘The Conjuring’ or like in the horror movie ‘Halloween’, set in a neighbourhood during the night time. Horror has moved into these more sophisticated ideas of creepy and scary as the setting is more relatable to everyday life, and takes a toll on the audience's psychological mind set to start

In its infant stages, Halloween was simply a concept - and that concept was about a babysitter who is stalked by the boogeyman. John Carpenter made the comment “We are all afraid of the same things… so that makes a movie that deals in our fears, universal.” Irwin Yablans (executive producer to Halloween) came up with the title for the film and set the stage for the babysitter, the boogeyman, and the darkest holiday of the year. John Carpenter (director / co-writer / music composer) and Debra Hill (script supervisor) went to Moustapha Akkad and requested the funds to create this film. Moustapha had not previously entered into the horror genre prior to this venture. When John pitched the idea to him, he was intrigued and pulled in with the mention of the “babysitter” so he agreed to finance

Michael watches his sister over sexualize herself which leads him to kill his sister. During the 1970 's movies concentrated on punishing women who sexualized themselves by killing and

Horror films have been around for over 100 years, petrifying people and bringing their worst fears to life but still they can’t get enough of this sick and gory genre that is unbelievably entertaining and captivating to the audience. Horror comes with many sub-genres from your bloody slashers like Friday the 13th to your Supernatural-Horrors like The Exorcist, but in the end they all seem to do their job by scaring you and leaving you with nightmares for weeks on end. Usually Horror’s films have the same character stereotypes such as the nerd, the jock, the slut, the virgin, the junky, the tough hero, the unlikely hero and last but not least the masked murderer, but yet they all play their own part in the making of these horrors movies whether it is the extremely slow walk the killer does but almost always catches the victim, or the unwise decision to split up and investigate where the unusual noise is coming from.

Horror movies are based on humanity’s disturbing, inner thoughts that are kept hidden by sophisticated and civilized facades. The fact that people pay money to go watch their own race be slaughtered shows that civilization has two sides. There are many theories as to why humans act the way they do, such as Steven King’s “beast within” and “potential lyncher” theories and Stanley Solomon’s “exploration” and “romantic isolationism” theories. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 does a fantastic job of displaying these theories about the horror genre if one knows what they are looking for. Learning about why humans react the way they do to horror films based on the theories of well-known psychologists and horror writers can teach humans a

Throughout cinema, there has always been space in our hearts for the gore and intrigue that come from horror films. Though they come with different plots, there remains “the monster”, the character that brings along disgust, horror, suspense, and even sympathy. In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), our monster is Norman Bates, the boy next door. This was one of the first times in American cinema that the killer was brought home, paving the way for the future of horror movies. According to Robin Wood in “An Introduction to the America Horror Film” (183-208), Bates follows the formula of the Monster being a human psychotic. This is conveyed through his normal façade portrayed with his introduction, the audience’s ambivalence, the use of

What makes something horrific or consternating lies largely in perspective. However, there are traits common amongst all works that are classified as horror, which are summarized or expanded upon by the philosopher Noe ̈l Carroll who wrote that horror can be seen as a want or need to know, and that horror can be subdivided into three parts: Overreacher Plot vs. Discovery Plot, introduction of a monster that challenges the conceptual schema, and the desire to overcome and learn about the monster at hand. Carroll’s concept of what eerily accommodates the horror genre can be seen universally, but, more specifically, her third idea on the want to know/expose a monster can be seen perfectly in the Duffer Brother’s Netflix series Stranger Things.

In human nature there exists a morbid desire to explore the darker realms of life. As sensitive beings we make every effort to deny our curiosity in the things that frighten us, and will calmly reassure our children that there aren't any creatures under their beds each night, but deep down we secretly thrive on that cool rush of fear. Despite our efforts to maintain a balance of respectable emotions, we are a society of people who slow down to look at traffic accidents and find excitement in the macabre. We turn off the lights when watching scary movies, and when it's time to go to bed, we secretly make sure the closet doors are shut. Fear keeps our hearts pumping and endorphins rushing, for it is an emotion that reminds us of our

Overall, horror has been a universal theme that has captivated various audiences. Horror films have long served various purposes. They deliver thrills and chills, as well as tell stories of the dark, forbidden side of life and death. They also provide a revealing mirror image of the anxieties of their time. For instance, Nosferatu (1922) was not simply a tale of vampirism but offered a distressing image of a town besieged by premature and random deaths, which echoes the Great War. Therefore, horror films between the 1920s-1970s have reflected societal fears during their release and demonstrate important historical significance. The various films analyzed in this paper have represented what was happening throughout each decade beginning with

Throughout the course of the past 100 years, there have been many horror films made. According to Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein, a professor of social and organizational psychology at the University of Utrecht "People go to horror films because they want to be frightened or they wouldn't do it twice.” What Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein meant by this is that people love horror films and they keep going back to watch them whenever a new horror film comes out is because people love to be frightened. For a film to be classified as a horror film it usually means that someone or multiple people in the film die. This would be an understandable reason why people would not enjoy watching this type of film. One population that would be understandably unwilling to

Horror is a film Genre created to scare the audiences, it was originated in 1920s by the German Expressionist. The horror genre changed through time, the range from Gothic literature in 1930s, Giant mutant creatures in 1950s, humanization of the monster in 1960s, age of ‘Slasher’ films in 1970s, video nasty in 1980s to the era of Torture Porn and Post Modern horror. However throughout the changes two aspects remained the same. ‘The Monster’ and ‘The

Horror, in essence, is fear of the unknown. Horror films are disturbing, frightening films designed to elicit strong emotional, negative reactions from the audience such as fear, panic and dread. These kind of films are dark and eery, commonly featuring scenes that shock viewers through means of the supernatural, violence, gore and mystery. The irrational forces of terror portrayed through the audiences’ worst fears and nightmares need to be overcome in order for the films to end with victory and the return of normalcy. Horror films seem gross and terrifying, nevertheless they are huge in popularity.

Stephen king world’s best author in the genre of horror stated “we make up horrors to cope with the real ones.” What if he’s right? Now a days there are so many horrors and thrillers out more than ever before. The Horror genre isn’t as terrible as it seems; we have begun to seek out these “horrific” tales not to embrace the darkness but power through it. What is horror? The direct definition of horror is the feeling of fear or shock. Yes fear! When you hear fear you quickly go to a dark connotation, but actually fear is an emotion triggered by a threat, it responses with a fight or flight reaction. What if I told you that the horror shows that you’ve been watching have been pulling the fight out of your fear instead of the flight? Society is

October 31 2010 I was 11 years old it was Halloween night i was going to go with my friends to this neighborhood 2 miles away from my friends mom was gonna take us. earlier that day i had asked my mom if could go and she said no because she wanted me to go trick or treating with this girl across the street from me because she does not have any friends in our neighborhood and her dad was out of town and her aunt was working late so i had to agree.