Scary Movie: House Of Bore And Directed By Daniel Erickson

Ever since the creation of horror there has been more than what meets the surface. Movies in the horror genre require much attention to the details of the film. Whether it be sound, acting, visuals, and the overall foreshadowing of the story. A truly good horror movie utilizes all key aspects of suspense. The 1980s horror movie The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick utilized these aspects very well. This allowed The Shining to be one of the most successful and truly suspenseful horror films of its time.

John Carpenter’s 1978 film Halloween epitomizes the slasher films, encompassing the most common themes of this genre, including teenagers making the transition into adulthood by engaging in reckless behavior, a maniac using violence as a teaching tool for the audience, a final survivor girl, and an immortal maniac. (Thesis)

The spooky outdoor setting is made to prepare the reader for the appearance of a cozy indoors, whereas the landlady’s scary features on the inside are covered up by her warm but deceitful personality. She tricks unsuspecting young men with her generous and very motherly personality.

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

Since it’s infancy at the beginning of the eighteenth century, horror has followed certain conventions that results in an awakening of the senses, evoking intense emotions of fear and terror in the audience. Horror feeds off triggering the primal fears embedded within all of humankind, creating a sense of menace that is the very substance of this genre. Furthermore, the central menace of a piece tends to enlighten the human mind to the world of the paranormal and the enigmatic, dark side of the unknown. The movie “Psycho” directed by Alfred Hitchcock is a perfect example. Infamous for its shower scene, but immortal for its contribution to the horror genre, “Psycho” was filmed with great tact, grace and art in regards to horror conventions.

In Edward Scissorhands there was a low angle shot on the mansion having a spooky tone. It has this effect because the low angle makes the mansion seem intimidating and scary. Without this the scary and creepy feeling would not be as welly executed.

Horror can be defined as a genre meant to psychologically trigger individual fear with the presence of certain supernatural or abstract characteristics. The genre is dependent on people’s fascination with unrealism and the sensation that comes from experiencing fear personified into tangible elements on a screen. Horror films have thrilled audiences for decades, revealing stories of the more sinister parts of life. The popular allure that stems from the genre comes from the tension moviegoers experience when aroused by specific stimuli uniquely present in these cinematic features (Walters). Over time, as the genre progressed, the standardized elements found in a typical horror movie began to shift in different directions primarily due to changing societal circumstances and increasing consumer demand for cinematic innovation. The expansive nature of the different codes and conventions within the horror genre, coupled with the evolution of society’s fascination with these characteristics, has led to the mutation of the genre itself in order to allow for unique approaches to a familiar style in response to both economic developments and taste shifts within the consumer industry.

The hallway was dark and musty, with a faint smell of smoke. Two friends were turning the corner when a man covered in blood, wielding a rusty chainsaw, jumped out at them. The friends both screamed in surprise, and then burst into laughter. They were in the middle of a haunted house, enjoying the fear they felt at the sound of every loud noise and sight of each creepy figure. Many people pay to go to haunted houses, watch horror movies, and read frightening novels because they love to feel fear. There is actually a chemical reason as to why people find it enjoyable. Richard Matheson, an American author and screenwriter, mastered the ability of scaring his readers. In his haunting novel Hell House, Matheson creates a story that readers

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Perhaps the most iconic Halloween-themed movies of all time, this film, directed by John Carpenter, redefined horror as we know it.

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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

Once upon a time one of our Masters of Horror John Carpenter requested upcoming director Rob Zombie to remake his classic "HalloweeN". Among "House of 1000 Corpses" as well as "The Devil's Rejects" under his belt, Rob Zombie glady accepted to remake this classic tale. Into a master piece of his own with keepinig the original true boundries still in tact, mixing the two perfectly. Rob Zombie is a director who isn't scared to think outside the box, be brutal among real which is the vibe his adaptation of HalloweeN gave me. A vibe as if I was watching a serial killer documentary, making it different then his other films. Zombie has a way with excellent casting as his brings Hollywood Horror Legends Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange), Brad

“In the year of 1989, there was a street named Elm, in the state of Wyoming. Few chose to live on that street, and they all knew about the haunted house, up on the hill, on the west side of town, coming off of Elm. Once, I spent the week with some friends and, Halloween came upon us, while I stayed with them.” I was telling my first-grade brother and his friends stories to scare them out of their wits. Besides, no one wants little kids tagging along with you to go trick or treating, when you could go with your friends to Haunted Houses, and not ones set up by the town hall. “We were just about to pass the house, not thinking anything of it, when we heard a moan coming from Old Man Reaper’s house.” Their eyes grew wide with fear. Mr. G.