The main part of all horror films is the monster or evil. ... The Frankenstein monster is a soulless creature made from science not nature. Because this monster has no soul, he can't determine right from wrong, this includes murder. ... It is not the monster's fault that he kills people; he is a creation of science not of God. ... Many of the films, including Frankenstein and The Exorcist, involve intricate make-up for the monster. ...

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Whether it was a person transformed into a monster, or a monster reverted human again at the end when the killing is no longer occurring. ... The monster cannot be seen to much or the viewer becomes less intimidated by it. Once the viewer has seen the monster it becomes easier to distinguish the way it can be killed. ...

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I will be bringing up those issues while discussing the cultural significance that zombies have in this day and age, going over the fear we feel, what the fear represents, and what makes the monster socially relevant. ... Vampires and other monsters have ties to the Gothic literary tradition, zombies however weren't introduced to American culture until 1920-1930s when "sensationalist travel narratives were popular with Western readers" (Strohecker). ... Once the development of motion pictures came to be, zombies became a popular film monster. ... The fear instilled by these fi...

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The classic horror films all involve the textbook monster; Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, and of course The Mummy. Terence Fisher tackled the project of bringing the white wrapped monster to life in 1959, and then Stephen Sommers re-created the film in 1999. ... The Mummy himself is no longer such a mindless monster; he knows what he must do without the aid of a master. ... He uses special effects to enhance the monster from a rag wrapped man into a half decomposed corpse. ... It must have taken he world a few more years to realize that the real monsters are real people. ...

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Yet the film soon reveals that the normal members of the traveling carnival are the true monsters." ... And in the end it is the strong and pretty people who are punished for being the "monsters." ...

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The only contact the two have within the first few minutes of the film is within a sequence where Samuel is terrified of 'monsters' in his bedroom and therefore Amelia has to check in the closet and under the bed for them, he is shown to be clinging to her, however she does not touch him back. ... The relevance of the two being framed in these shots represents Amelia's entrapment in her own home due to her son's strong belief in monsters and bad behaviour. ... Within the family's home the only time any colour is shown to stand out is when the book containing the stor...

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The pre Psycho cinema of the fantastic had been chiefly concerned with imaginary monsters such as Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula, the Wolfman, et. al. But Hitchcock cleverly relocated the gothic into sunny Southern California and showed the audience that the face of the real monster is our own. ...

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The Genre of Horrors Horror films can be terrifying, dramatic, exciting and entertaining. Horror film genre has been dramatically tainted with violence, death, monsters, pools blood, and ghosts. I had the chilling experience of viewing two dramatic horror films titled, The Others and The Changeli...

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The Scary Truth Horror movies and urban legends are as essential to today's society as baseball and reality T.V. shows. It is simple to see the purpose and enjoyment one would get out of watching baseball and reality T.V. However it is very unclear why we enjoy watching horror movies or like t...

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It was brought up in class discussion once that the real root of fear is not a fear of a monster, vampire, or mutated alien/bug creature. ... (N.U. p 88) The punishment that Freeland talks about is that in most works, the reproduction goes so horribly wrong that the things that end up being formed are nothing short of monsters. ...

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At the beginning of the 20th century in America pioneer film-makers --- looking for sunny lands --- left their studios and moved from the eastern maritime region to South-California, where 350 sunny days were guaranteed per year. The story of movies began in an other continent: It was in Eur...

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The creepy, Grimm Brother's tale, "Rumpelstiltskin," was said to have taken place a long time ago at the site of an old, sewing mill. A poor miller found himself in contact with the King of the village and claimed that his daughter could spin straw into gold. The King was under the impression that t...

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