Halloween Essay

In the 21st century, movies present a platform for ideas and themes to be conveyed through a screen. Themes of change, environmental crisis, love, and death are all only a few of the most common themes that circulate through the Hollywood film industry. According to Annalee Newitz in her essay “When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like Avatar?”, a recurring theme she’s noticed is the theme of white guilt. In her essay, Newitz depicts the movie Avatar as nothing more than a colorful rehash of

According to Prince (2004), horror films today are more disturbing than those produced during the genres establishment. During the classical Hollywood era, horror films were located in distant places, in the woods or abandoned territories. The films would mostly show a group of people going to a camp where the horror would then take place, or while on a trip, the vehicle would stop halfway in an unknown place, and the horror would also begin. All scenes would then take place in that abandoned place

A great movie has suspense and a good story line. My favorite movie is Sinister. In the movie there is always suspense before a scare and the main story has a believable background story, one I can actually understand. The genre of movies I enjoy the best is scary/horror. I enjoy a jump scare and to have all these jump scares you need moments of quiet suspense. The suspense indicates that there is about to be a scare. If there was a loud noise with a scare, you would jump as much because the scare

The movie poster for the 1991 film, Silence of the Lambs, attempts to persuade a mature audience to view its evil and mysterious nature. This is achieved by instilling a sense of fear and curiosity with the use of visual elements such as color, contrast, and direction. Silence of the Lambs remains atop a long list of the world’s greatest crime thriller films for its symbolism and usage of minute detail. The film’s poster is no different in that its visuals prepare viewers for a psychologically disturbing

What good is a private place if it does not make you happy? It does not have to be anything big or fancy. It does not even have to be a physical location, or even a real place. In fact, the “place” that gives me a perfectly content state of mind is more of a when rather than a where. I’m perfectly content when I am working with my passion of makeup. This is not beauty makeup but rather special effects makeup; it is monster makeup, character makeup, trauma simulation, etc. Though not a physical place

[tabby title="Death Walks Twice"] You would be hard pressed to find a disappointing giallo. Most of them are able to offer something exciting. It could either be stunning women, blood or beautiful sets filled with colour. The greats like Argento and Bava know how to insert all that into a film - Blood and Black Lace from Mario Bava springs instantly to mind. All of this brings me to a director I wasn't aware of until Arrow Video decided to release the fantastic Death Walks Twice Blu-ray boxed-set

To persuade my audience that music changes lives. Music can affect our lives without us realizing it, different types of music can even make us react in different ways. Have you ever wondered why stores play music in the background? If you think about it it would seem dull and boring without it, so that must be the reason why right? But in reality its a completely different reason why, on that not many actually know. Music can affect us in different ways without us even realizing it. We make decisions

Horror media has been around for many years. Era to era horror media has been passed down. They started from just spoken words and myths, growing into much more. From the beginning, horror movies have been a strong point in our culture and have adapted with it. In the beginning, there was no such thing as the ‘horror genre.’ Horror movies were then called ‘spook tales’ till the horror genre came around in the 1930’s. The first horror movie, or spook tail, was a French silent film produced in 1896

“Horror film”. For most people, the first things that come to mind are monstrous paranormal antagonists, a plethora of gruesome deaths, and, of course, the infamous jump scares that so often drive the thrill and exhilaration of such films. While films under this genre are intended to illicit negative emotions, such as fear, alarm, and anxiety, these same aspects are ironically what attracts viewers endlessly. As an avid horror film fan myself, I have seen many horror thrillers that have shaped and

It was all going well before Alexis and Alice left. Their mom told them they could go by themselves since they both had phones. They were going as a devil and angel. They were so excited to finally go trick or treating by themselves. The clock struck 6 p.m. and they left for trick-or-treating. They were getting so much candy on their new route. They want to the “rich people” neighborhood.Their mom had called them just a few moments ago to check on them. Then they came across the house they never