John Carpenter’s Halloween

The Haunting of Hill House is a book about four people that all have backgrounds of experiencing supernatural events. Because of this, they were all chosen to explore the supernatural happenings occurring at Hill House. The house was originally built by a man named Hugh Crain. It had been a place of mysterious events and also the deaths of those who lived there. Dr. Montague, a supernatural investigator, then carefully selected three people with paranormal backgrounds, and invited them to explore the occurrences at the house. Luke, the future heir of the house, Theodora, a careless artist, and Eleanor Vance are invited to the house. Eleanor Vance is the main character and narrator of the story. She lived alone,

The first horror film ever

I believe that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie because the main events occur in Halloween town. For example, when the kids steal Santa, they take him to Halloween town to show Jack how clever they are to capture him. Santa stays in Halloween town so he can not continue Christmas. When the kids send Santa down the chute, he meets the Oogie Boogie man. He starts singing a song, which are important in this movie because they can give information about a character.

First is the history of Halloween all according to a 2017 article from LiveScience by Benjamin Radford. Around 2,000 years ago in the United Kingdom Ireland, and the northern part of France the people called the Celts started this holiday. They called it Samhain back then instead of Halloween. November 1st marked their new year which resulted in them celebrating on October 31st. The New Year brought wintertime which to them meant death. On the night before winter which was October 31st, they believe that the spirits of the Dead came back. They wore costumes, put on bonfires, burned crops and sacrificed animals. When the Romans

As you grow older your views on what you fear change. As a child, I developed a fear of little things such as ghosts, the dark, etc. Once I grow into an adult I developed a of things observed on a daily. Americans between the age group of children and adolescents introduce themselves to bigger fears by watching movies that replayed on the already experienced fears. For example: Freddy Krueger, Jason, Vampires, Werewolves, etc. Many people in society watch these horror movies, and movie goers assume that directors based the movies on serial killers, who become glorified for the crimes committed and made into huge stars that we love. In the film Halloween, a little boy name Michael Myers kills his sister at the age of six. Twenty years later, Michael return 's to his home town Haddonfield, Illinois to kill a group of teenagers that appear around his deceased sister age. Halloween identifies as one of those gruesome films that you question, because he was a six year old when he first killed. To society Michael exemplifies monster qualities because at that age, how can someone so young stab his sister or anyone to death. Michael Myers poses as a Monster in America, he demonstrates traits of the devil in him and express his hate by killing his family, by existing in a dysfunctional family.

Purpose: To inform the audience of how Halloween started and transformed to what it is now.

In “The Haunting of Hill House”, Jackson uses a third person point of view in order to create an ambiguous feeling during the supernatural experiences which leads to confusion of weather the novel falls under the sub-genre female gothic, or not. Jackson starts the novel with a very powerful quote: “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.” (1). That famously known quote is indeed very ambiguous, that evokes suspense. The sub-genre female gothic conventions consist of an old haunted house, mystery and suspense, supernatural experiences, women distress during a transition to adulthood or motherhood, repressed emotions, an aspect of feminism, heroic male figure, dark, and horror. The Haunting of Hill House consists of some of the female gothic conventions but lacks some too.

I choose to interpret the representation of cars in The Haunting of Hill House. In this novel, a car is first represented as a means of control over Eleanor by her sister (Jackson 7). However, Eleanor’s stealing of the car transforms the car into a representation of freedom from her present life (Jackson 10). The car allows Eleanor to be free of her controlled life and to begin her own journey (Jackson 10). We observe the same car at the conclusion of the novel as a device used to free herself from her forced departure of Hill House (Jackson 178). She uses the car to commit suicide, allowing her to stay at Hill House indefinitely (Jackson 182). I argue that in the novel the car is utilized for control

In “The Haunting of Hill House”, Jackson uses a third person point of view in order to create an ambiguous feeling during the supernatural experiences which leads to confusion of whether the novel falls under the sub-genre female gothic, or not. Jackson starts the novel with a very powerful quote: “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.” (1). That famously known quote is very ambiguous and evokes suspense. The sub-genre female gothic conventions consist of an old haunted house, mystery and suspense, supernatural experiences, women distress during a transition to adulthood or motherhood, repressed emotions, an aspect of feminism, heroic male figure, dark, and horror. The Haunting of Hill House consists of some of the female gothic conventions but lacks others. Viewing the supernatural experiences from a third person point of view allows the reader to have an insight of the situations.

In the year of 1963, a 6-year-old boy named, Michael Myers has been convicted of murder after stabbing his older sister Judith Myers. Michael is then sent to a sanitarium and escapes 15 years later to return home for revenge on Halloween night. The film that cuts off to a young high school girl, Laurie strode who is discovering she is being stalked by a man in a mask. She tries informing her friends that she believes someone is following her, but they dismiss her concerns and tell her she is seeing things. Meanwhile, Michael’s Doctor, Sam Loomis is aware of Michael’s return and goes to the cemetery and discovers Judith Myers headstone missing.

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, which is traditionally the least-watched night for television. Perhaps this is fitting. In 2015, TV can be many things that are appropriate to the holiday: shocking, horrifying, sticky-sweet, overcommercialized, and deeply, deeply gross. But one thing it still struggles with is fear.1 Don’t believe me? Take a moment to consider: What’s the last regular TV show that was actually full-stop scary? I don’t mean frightful in bits and pieces, like one of Leatherface’s victims. I mean a show that is scary from top to bottom, from beginning to end. And I mean a show other than, say, Dads.

Halloween is about Michael Myers, he was around eleven or twelve when he killed his sister, the sister’s boyfriend, and the stepfather. While that was happening, his mother was coming home from her last day of work, she was a stripper. Michael had a soft spot for his baby sister, so he didn’t kill her, his mother found him and the baby on the house steps. Then it showed reporters at the house with people carrying out the dead bodies, which was sad to see the mother crying and screaming. He was sent to a facility or something. There must have been a reason on why he killed and what if there were signs that showed that he would become a killer. Many, but not all, serial killers suffered some kind of trauma in their childhood. Childhood trauma played a key role in the lives of numerous serial killers. Halloween is a representation of a serial killer’s possible childhood experiences that affected their future.

Laurie Strode is the lead female character in Halloween. Jamie Lee Curtis plays Laurie, the last girl standing after going face to face with masked killer Michael Meyers. Alice, played by Adrienne King, is our final girl in Friday the 13th. Laurie and Alice quite similar at first glance--virginal, but not-so-innocent, old fashioned American girls.

Screams of terror you will hear, suspense in the audience you feel, and bloody terror of murder or brutality is all you will see. Why would anyone want to go and see a horror movie? What is so special that one would waste their time and money for something like this? Every Halloween time, new horror films are released. Some popular in the past such The Nightmare on Elm Street series and the Halloween series, which included Freddy Krueger and Jason and their murders and horror.

It took 10 years to make this movie and it might take you longer to decide wether its Christmas or Halloween. Some people think its more Christmas than Halloween and some think its more Christmas. I believe it is more of a Halloween-themed movie.