... will also look at the characters, action, plot and atmosphere created, and how these are aimed at each film's target audience. The genres of the two films are slightly different. "The Matrix" is a science fiction action thriller, which is made apparent in the first 6 minutes of the film. It begins with ... at this stage. This adds a mysterious and intriguing side to the film. The opening image could be seen as quite bizarre and unusual. This scene is followed by a "tunnel" of green letters that the camera travels down; there is a light at the end of it, which could be interpreted as " .....

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... years of monster movies, directors began to realize that people tend to fear change in the things they know the best. Accordingly, as America mobilized for WWII, the horror genre followed technological advancements closely with its own tales of science experiments gone wrong. Later, the government's mysterious tests of concept aircraft led to a UFO epidemic; an era of outer space ... emotion-especially fear-horror movies can be taken seriously as effective forms of entertainment. III. Methodology My process in examining this claim involved compiling a list of several hard-hitting horror ...

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... mystery with a galaxy of stars. The stars themselves (Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, and Anthony Perkins) were of a younger generation than the top stars Hitchcock had previously employed for his films. Posters for Psycho featured a very lightly dressed Leigh wearing only a brassiere and slip. Hitchcock established a policy whereby viewers would not be permitted into the theatre once the film had ... from the actual crime. Questions as to the specifics were left unanswered, and it was up to the viewer's imagination to wonder about the brutal details. Beyond the reputation his films carried of...

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