Freddy Krueger

Psycho (1960) Perhaps no other film changed so drastically Hollywood's perception of the horror film as did PSYCHO. More surprising is the fact that this still unnerving horror classic was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, a filmmaker who never relied upon shock values until this film. Here Hitchcock indulged in nudity, bloodbaths, necrophilia, transvestism, schizophrenia, and a host of other taboos and got away with it, simply because he was Hitchcock. The great director clouded his intent and

The night had fallen by the time she remembered that she neglected to bring in her statistics textbook from the previous day. Exiting the pale yellow house with a brick porch, walking on the dead front lawn to the white Subaru Legacy handed down to her from her deceased parents, she noticed a black SUV park a few houses down the street. By the time she was unlocking the car, a man departed the SUV without turning the headlights off, as if he planned on getting back in at a startling speed after

Things are heating up in America. People are protesting outside of the movie theaters, concerts, and book and record stores of this great nation everywhere. What is all the fuss about? Censorship, Government officials, and raving mad protesters alike have been trying to stop the expressive creativity in everything from rap music to Mark Twain. Censorship in music is a topic that has brought about much controversy in the past two decades. There have been many different arguments on the topic, however

Aliens & Avatar: A Case Study in the Depiction of Alien Stereotypes in Science Fiction By Mark Banham Film Island School September 2014 Candidate: - Advisor: Mr Halcrow Word Count: 3255 Table Of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Aliens 6 Avatar 9 Critical Response 11 Conclusion 13 Abstract The primary purpose of this essay is to determine ‘Why did James Cameron morph the alien between Aliens and Avatar

Horror movies in general play on our fears, conscious or unconscious. They are often reflective of the fears of society at a given time, or of more simple and archetypical fears. Horror that is aimed towards or about women, however, almost always relates to the female body in some way, whether it be controlling it, in the case of possession; harming it through entrance, in the case of stabbings and rape; and fear of the female body itself, most often shown through menstruation, pregnancy, and birth