Essays on Horror

The theme of this scene is neighbor's suspicion and Oskar's protectiveness. There are three characters here, the neighbor, Oskar and Eli. The neighbor understands that there are sinister forces involved in what is happening in the town, and he does not understand that, while Oskar wants to protect the girl he loves. She is a monster for other people, but he develops a special connection with her. They are the same age, at least physically. The music is dramatic and creates mystery. There is also no music during some shots. The setting is adequate being in an empty apartment. Continue reading...

Introduction

The “Walking Dead” is a television film series focusing on a world filled with flesh-eating as well as walking zombies. This film is a dramatic post-apocalyptic series of horror genre based on the “Walking Dead” comic book authored by Charlie Adlard in collaboration with Kirkman Robert and Moore Tony. This American-based film series is a development of Frank Darabont, who is a writer and a co-writer of six episodes of the first season of the series. Season one of the horror series begins with the awakening from a coma of Rick Grimes, the sheriff’s deputy, only to confront Continue reading...

War is evil. It makes people do and see things that make it difficult for them to live with themselves. Spin shows how soldiers deal with the gruesome realities they were made to face. The soldiers make light of a little boy with one leg and of traversing a mine-riddled field. Not because they are bad people with no feelings, but because seeing humor or beauty in tragedy helps them cope. They remember and share war stories. Not because they want to relive the horror but because they want to relieve the horror. They search for normality in the Continue reading...

Shambleau by C.L. Moore: A Summary
Northwest Smith is a famous and respected guy on a dozen wild planets. He was walking the street of Earth’s latest colony in Mars when he met Shambleau, who was then being chased by a mob of Earthmen, Martians, Venusians, and other nameless denizens of unnamed planets. Despite himself, Smith helped the berry-brown girl wearing a tattered garment in red. After staking his claim on the girl, the chasers backed down and looked at Smith with complete disgust, while some even spat on the ground. With an important business to attend to Continue reading...

Summary of a Scholarly Article

Introduction
This paper by Helen Nebeker criticizes the short story by William Faulkner, ‘A Rose for Emily’. It mentions how the story fails to associate with the main problem of the narration and the focus of the story. Additionally, the failure in fully exploring the importance of the narration obscures the essential points in the story, above all is the importance of the underlying horror in the real theme of Faulkner. He has managed to keep the theme successfully hidden over the years with his deliberate ambiguity of the anonymous narrator. The truth behind the episode of Miss Emily Continue reading...

Introduction

Most of the people go the cinema really often. They drive theirs cars to the desired movie theatres, maybe stand in the line to get tickets, head to the bar, and then finally find themselves in comfortable seats, waiting to be immersed by another story. Yet, I bet few of them know of numerous detailed and complex patterns which lie behind that immersion – and who exactly executes them. Essentially, these patterns sprout from the director’s vision of the film, production designer’s creative contribution to it, and are supported by the work of the art director. These elements Continue reading...

The horror anthology series American Horror Story has derived much of its tensions and drama from the past. Some of the more unsavory elements of American history have been mined for horror, from serial killers to Holocaust survivors to the horrors of early mental institutions. In the case of the third season, Coven, the major theme is witchcraft. Set in contemporary New Orleans, the season revolves around a cold war between a white coven of witches descended from the Salem witches, and a black voodoo coven, dating back hundreds of years to the antebellum South. According to Gibson, “America’ Continue reading...

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell To Arms.1995.
Scenes depicting the horrors faced in the Great War are evident in Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms.” The book contains five sections and provides a systematic narration of the life of one Mr. Frederick Henry. Serving as an ambulance driver with the Italian army during the First World War, the narrative shows Henry's quest to balance a love life and the ongoing war. Frederick Henry’s occupation as an ambulance driver exposes his character to many violent events that later lead to trauma. With Barkley, Henry attempts to find happiness and Continue reading...

Introduction

Psycho is a great and complex psychological thriller film from the 1960 by Alfred Hitchcock. It is known as the supreme of all modern horror suspense films, and ushered in a new kind of horror that the audiences had never seen or experienced before. It is not very well known, but this was Hitchcock's first real horror film, and he got labeled as a horror film director ever since. The film is centered on the encounter between a secretary who embezzles money from her employer and ends up at a secluded motel. She becomes the victim of Norman Bates, Continue reading...

Fiction Analysis

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In his Gothic tales of horror, Edgar Allan Poe focuses on the literal and figurative elements of death. This may have to do with him watching his mother suffer with tuberculosis. From the fear of the descending pendulum of the Spanish Inquisition or the metaphorical aspects of the plague from the Red? Black Death, the end of life is a topic that thrills Poe, and it is used throughout his stories. One of the main features of Poe’s fiction is that his settings are revolved around the fantasticthe fantastic, severed from practical reality. By combining Continue reading...

Probably one of the strongest and most effective horror films, if not the strongest and most effective, ever produced since the start of the century is the Babadook. It centers on the development of both the issues of the mother-son relationship, and the introduction of a new kind of fear designed with a looming and formidable presence of a mysterious figure. However, this horror film does not rely on jump scares to introduce fear to the audience, but it develops a strong storyline that is presented with both psychological and physical fear. Overall, this film is an incredible masterpiece Continue reading...

James Wan’s The Conjuring is often considered one of the best horror films of 2013, among the likes of Adam Wingard’s brutal home invasion thriller You’re Next, Fede Alvarez’s camp remake Evil Dead, and Jim Mickle’s slow-burn cannibal story We Are What We Are. Unlike the other horror films of the year, however, The Conjuring was a more conventional approach to the genre, with the heart of the narrative being paranormal investigators investigating a family haunted by a doll possessed by a demonic entity. Annabelle serves as both a prequel and spin-off of The Continue reading...

A case brief of Bush v. Gore (2000)
The case of George W. Bush, et al v. Albert Gore, Jr., et al (531 U. S. 98, 121 S. Ct. 525), familiar as Bush v. Gore was a disputable one, and was heard on December 11, 2000. The case determined the results of the presidential election in 2000. By court’s order (7-2), the ballot recount that was conducted in certain counties in Florida, was stopped due to the absence of approved standards. The Court declared (in 5 – 2 vote) that there was no sufficient time for establishment of new Continue reading...

When it comes to representation through the mise en scene in film, there are a lot of different ways to show the tensions at work between past and present within the horror genre. In fact, it is these tensions that have stood at the core of the horror genre since its very beginning. In the first major work of horror, Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, it is the tension between the time before the creation of the monster and the time after, when Dr. Frankenstein encounters so many vivid reasons to wish that he had never stitched those body Continue reading...

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For centuries, scientists have been trying to map the concept of fear. This emotion is eminent from birth until death. Sociologists believe that this fear is what molds the society and the individual. It is the fear of the unknown that has forced us to develop medicine. Fear, like every other emotion, is developed due to thought. If thoughts did not exist, then the feeling of fear would not have existed either. Once we understand what fear is derived from, we comprehend that it is our own imagination, and we can Continue reading...

Provide critical analysis of a film, specifically in relation to elements of the film’s style and other topics you consider relevant.
Psycho (1960)
The film Psycho, by the stalwart director, Alfred Hitchcock, is one of the most iconic films in the history of cinema. The film bears the testimony to the aesthetic excellence and usage of quintessential film techniques by the director. The film has left an everlasting mark on the minds of the audience across the globe, and enjoys immense popularity even on the present day.
The director places the audience away from the movie’s real Continue reading...

In his Gothic tales of horror, Edgar Allan Poe focuses on the literal and figurative elements of death. This may have to do with the fact that one of his earliest memories was sitting and watching his mother cough her life away, a victim of tuberculosis. Whether it is the fear of the descending pendulum that was one of the creative torture devices of the Spanish Inquisition or the more metaphorical aspects of the Red Death, the end of life is a topic that fascinates Poe, and it infuses almost all of the elements in his stories. The connection Continue reading...

Edgar Alan Poe is an American author, poet, essayist, literary critic and editor. He is considered to be one of the representatives of the American Romanticism, the inventor of the detective fiction genre. His works contributed to the emergence of the genre of science fiction. Edgar Poe is best known for his spine-tingling and mysterious horror stories and poems.
The Pit and the Pendulum is one of Poe’s famous short stories that was published in 1842. The narrator of the story is a survivor of the torture and torment in the condemned cell at Toledo – the Spanish Inquisition Continue reading...

The issue of the deeper meaning of life in the world of a book or story can easily be gleaned through a story’s tone. In the case of some works of Gothic horror, tone is an excellent way to indicate the helplessness and inexorable darkness at the heart of life. William Wordsworth’s “The World is Too Much With Us,” Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein all create dark, sinister tones in their works in different ways, evincing a distinct heaviness and sense of terror lying at the Continue reading...

One night, last semester I could not sleep soundly. The night passed as I tossed and turned in bed. I could only remember one of the numerous dreams I had in the night. The dream was based on activities in a birthday party I had attended, and we enjoyed all kinds of finger-leaking food and drinks. I woke up extremely jovial and related the dream to my father. He gazed at me as he shook his head and told me that it was a horrible dream, and I advised me to take care of my activities during the day. Continue reading...

Bush, et.al. vs Gore, et.al.
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FACTS : In 2008, the lower court in the State of Florida ordered for the manual counting of votes during the recently concluded Presidential election participated by George W. Bush and Al Gore. Bush won but only a few votes over Gore. Because of this, an automatic recounting of votes was set. The Secretary of State issue a deadline as far as the recount was concerned. The Florida Supreme Court extended the deadline from November 14 to November 26. In the counting, the lower court order that a total of 383 Continue reading...

Define or describe the following terms and their importance to the history of the American science fiction and horror genre:

1) Expressionist film in Germany is a period of silent movies. The primary feature of Expressionist film is the theatrical appearance in the films. The actors used painted, dramatic scenery and exaggerated make-up. The changes in the German art were reflected in the sets, which had high contrast between white and black, different geometric shapes were used, all of which created exaggerated light and shadow.
2) Dracula of 1930 was inspired by the novel written by Bram Stoker and it is significant to the history of the American cinematography, as its main character, Dracula, set the bar for numerous Continue reading...

First examining ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, the film introduces Al Gore’s background as a proponent in saving the environment. The presentation links his personal stories and experiences ensuring that his personal narrative would make this big issue relatable and understandable for the audience. The main point of the film, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, revolves around the international and world crisis of impending climate change (An Inconvenient Truth, 2006). Though, the discourse encourages mankind to take action by first recognizing that significance of this event and taking action in mitigating the cause of the problem. The film also discusses a simple Continue reading...

One of the most fascinating recent outputs of horror film are those coming from Japan; the specific cultural anxieties and attributes present in that country have produced some of the most eye-opening works of horror cinema in the past few decades (Dew, 2007). Given its long history of warfare, destruction and current cultural preoccupations with sex and show business, Japan is in a unique place to produce horror films like Takashi Miike’s Audition. Telling the tale of a shy, unassuming widower (played by Rya Ishibashi) and his quest to find a new girlfriend in the wake of the Continue reading...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is viewed as one of the best novellas in the English dialect. On the surface it is a dreamlike story of riddle and exploit set in focal Africa; in any case, it is likewise the story of a man's typical excursion into his inward being. An abundance of vivid subtle elements that are huge on both strict and typical levels helps the equivocalness of Conrad's story and has prompted clashing understandings of its importance. At the start of the last area of Part 3, Marlow has recently recuperated from his close deadly sickness. Continue reading...

Define or describe the following terms and their importance to the history of the American science fiction and horror genre:

1) Expressionist film in Germany is a part of the Expressionism movement in the country of 1920ies. This was a period of the silent movies and their main feature was the theatrical look in the films. The actors used painted, dramatic scenery and exaggerated make-up, which is commonly used in the theater. The changes in the German art were reflected in the sets, which had high contrast between white and black, different geometric shapes were used, all of which created exaggerated light and shadow. Although this movement did not last for long, it had significant impact on film makers Continue reading...

Horror is a literature genre is intended or has the capability to scare or frighten an individual reading the piece of literature. Reading any piece of horror story is capable of creating an eerie of scary atmosphere. They are classified as supernatural or non-supernatural, like ghosts and vampires are supernatural while serial killers are no-supernatural. More often than not this genre is always referred to a metaphor because it brings fear to the society as vampires and ghosts. This paper seeks to discuss all about the horror story genre, the history around the fictions and how many writers have Continue reading...

Introduction

The film industry considers the horror genre in cinema, especially in Hollywood, as a staple because it draws a sizeable audience that consequently makes horror movies highly profitable (Hantke, 2010, p. viii). At least, this was the case during the 19th and 20th centuries since the state of the horror genre has changed over time. At present time, filmmakers would confess that horror films today are not as profitable as they were in the past. According to Hantke (2010, p. viii), we can attribute the so-called slump in the horror genre, especially in Hollywood, to its decline as a Continue reading...

How have you been? Has the weather been kind to you this season, my delicate being, to which I devote my heart and soul? I do hope you are feeling well and that you are happily strolling on the city’s streets and that your tongue has the joy of tasting sweet, delicious delicacies, which, by no means, have the same warmth, sweetness and gentle features you hold.
I hope your loving existence in this world and the reception of your kind words may bring some moments of peace to this tortured soul of mine. I’m writing to Continue reading...

Introduction

Silent Night is a film written by Jayson Rothwell and directed by Steven C. Miller. It is a horror movie, and a remake of the 1980 horror film, deadly night or silent night, and loosely based on the real-life event of Covina massacre (Kolisnyk, et. al, 2007). By focusing on this film, this paper will present the basic components of the film; these include Storytelling, Acting, cinematography, directing, and finally the impact or genre.

Storytelling and Acting

The setup of the film is Christmas Eve in the town of Wisconsin town, where every adult male appears to have a St. Nick suit ( Continue reading...

Question One: How is the corporate culture of Gore different from other firms?

Gore’s corporate culture essentially differs from the other firms in terms of the managerial arrangement and structure. The privately owned company does not have the common corporate arrangement whereby the board of directors and the management exercise near absolute control of the organizational activities. Far from it, at Gore, the associates through functional teams make all the necessary decisions and the concept of teamwork is overboard. Indeed, Gore’s leaders do not struggle with strategy formulation and decision making. The corporate structure devolves all the strategic decision making to the associates. The leaders are appointment by their peers Continue reading...

The Asian film industry has made major development over the years to become a daunting force in the world of film-making. The Asian horror section to be particular has gained major viewership in recent years in an area that has for a long time been thought to be dominated by Western film makers. It has become usual to see Asian horror production directors being eminent in film galas and red-carpet events. This trend can be accredited to the film directors’ proficiency when shooting their films. It should be understood that the quality of film entertainment that film lovers enjoy Continue reading...

ABSTRACT

During the last decade, Asian horror cinema has seen a surge in popularity throughout the world, especially in western countries. Traditionally, Japan has dominated the Asian horror cinema, but recently Hong Kong and South Korea have emerged as major powerhouses in the genre. Majority of these movies have enjoyed international success. Moreover, many of these movies have been adapted and remade by Hollywood. As the genre continues to grow, there is a need to understand the social conditions, cultural values, and cinematic traditions which influence the horror movies from Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. Continue reading...

The Theme of Death in the fiction of R.L. Stine
Child fiction unquestionably requires an extra surge of imagination on the author’s part and horror fiction requires an even more elevated form of that creativity. When one thinks of horror fiction writers there is a limited list of good authors. R.L.Stine undoubtedly tops that list and is widely renowned for his horror stories especially among teenagers. He shot to fame with his series ‘Goosebumps’ and the extensive use of plot devices in his stories set them apart from other works at the time. However there is an inevitability Continue reading...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Vampires
Since the advent of horror literature, horror novels were not taken seriously by critics and scholarly reviews were usually not associated with horror literature. Nevertheless avid readers always were drawn like magnets to books categorized under the ‘thriller’ or ‘horror’ sections in bookstores. But the history of literature has time and again reiterated the fact that, there are novels in every genre, that deserves a high place in terms of literary merit and Richard Matheson’s “I Am legend”, is an example to this fact.
First published in 1954, this novel is single handedly responsible for the popularity Continue reading...

Gothic horror literature is a very specific type of fiction that started in the late 18th century as an offshoot of Romantic literature. Gothic literature often deals with the macabre and the terrifying – its subject matter is uniquely dark and brooding, with deeply entrenched subtexts about the changing nature of the world, and mankind’s fear of the unknown. According to Fincher, the "Gothic novel reflects a deep anxiety in eighteenth-century culture about the changing status of masculinity and femininity in a period of political and social change" (Fincher, 2001). A great deal of Gothic horror fiction deals with Continue reading...

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The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) was a branch of the Army, Navy and Air Force seconded to the Chinese Air force during World War II. Although they only existed from 1941 to 1942, this group, known as the “Flying Tigers” made a lasting impression upon air combat during the war.
The Flying Tigers were formed by President Franklin Roosevelt to help the Chinese against the superior air forces of the Japanese (Chennault, pp. 24) The idea for the group came largely from its first commander, retired U.S. Army Air Corps Colonel Claire Chennault. (Chennault, pp. 26) Col. Chennault Continue reading...

Subjective

The piece in general lacked the drive and energy to induce a lighter mood. While it conveys finely arranged dynamics and mood change, the piece obviously manifests a clear division of movements. There was no constantly sustained mood in the entire piece as the melodies transition from one movement to another, the mood shifts from its original motif into a fugal passage in which the music grows and expands up to the third movement. Finally, the music shifts back to a sober mood in the last part. The initial reaction in listening to the piece is like listening to Continue reading...

Analysis of some Stories in “The Best of Lady Churchill Rosebud’s Wristlet”

- What familiar restaurant forms the basis for the setting of this story? What details make this clear to you?
Egghead’s restaurant forms the basis for the setting of this story. This is so because the restaurant bears the décor of the Wizard of Oz which features prominently in the story ‘Heartland” by Karen Joy Fowler.
- What popular film is referenced by the final images of the story? How do these allusions function to establish the story as something other than realism?
The popular film referenced Wizard of Oz. The allusions in the Wizard of Oz Continue reading...

Women in Horror Films of Vincent Price

Many of the horror evaluation texts by Jonathan Malcolm depict women as the victims rather than the causes of the horrific events in the films. Women in horror films of Vincent Price present one of the stories where the women face various horrific encounters; however, they cause few of the incidents that they fall victim. Jonathan Malcolm clearly indicates that the women in most of the horror films watch horrific scenes as they appear in their lives, but they have little they can do concerning the events (Mulac 92). At the same time, the horror scenes must restrict to Continue reading...