Essay On “Suspense In Horror Films“

I have been studying two films "Scream" by Wes Craven and "Psycho" by Alfred Hitchcock.

I will be looking at how both directors created the suspense to entertain the audience. Both of these films are examples from the horror genre. I have been analysing the "shower scene" in Psycho and the "Casey Becker scene" in Scream.

Alfred Hitchcock was born 13th August 1899, in London. He was a famous director, who based his career on making suspense films. He was also known as "Master of suspense".

His example of a suspense situation is by placing a bomb underneath a table. This is a good example because it uses dramatic irony, because the audience knows what is about to happen, that the bomb is about to go off, so it builds up the climax and gives out the suspense.

Wes Craven was born August 3rd 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. He has made numerous horror films, such as "Nightmare on Elm Street", "Shocker" and "People under the stairs". Due to this, he has now become known as "Fright Master"!

Psycho was one of the most famous films ever made. In this film Alfred Hitchcock has used many different camera shots

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