Monday, 8 September 2014

Abbie Leeson- horror movies

Movies have many genres like romance, comedy, horror etc. Horror movies are made to try and scare the person or people watching and sometimes they succeed and you have nightmares about the film for weeks or they are so terrible you can’t help but laugh. Over the years it is clear to see that old films, although back in there time they were “hide under the blanket” scary, now they are something to fall asleep too.  New horror films are scarier and are more likely to create fear, this can be to do with the effects being better or scarier monsters/ghosts etc. because thought of and being placed in a fearful story.
Most horrors focus on clichés like taking place in a remote distant place; this could be old half empty/ abandoned towns (Jeepers’ creepers), a cave (decent) and the woods (wrong turn, cabin in the woods). Another clichés would be some kind of focus on the dark for example being in a house with no electricity or searching the woods and the torch dies. The reason these are focused on and featured a lot is because everyone can relate to (for example) how scary the woods are in the dark and the way you imagine what’s behind your back, or hiding in the shadows and bushes. So the more you can relate to the situation the more likely you are to be scared because everyone at some point has been scared of the dark, for one reason or another.
The scariest horror film I ever saw was “The bogeyman” 2005, in fact the first time I watched for the film It scared me too much and I only got about 10 minutes into it, the scene was a young boy in his room and he keeps seeing the bogeyman each time he turned off his light, eventually his dad comes in to check on him and after settling the boy down he checked under the bed and in the wardrobe and as he was standing by the wardrobe he turns round to face the boy, his back to the wardrobe and something drags him in. Watching that scene I was holding onto my pillow for dear life, looking around my room from fear of the bogeyman showing up. That night and for the next couple of months I slept with a nightlight, that scene brought back my fear of the dark.
Other films didn't scare me as much like “wrong turn 4: bloody beginnings” 2011, I enjoy this film so much but not because it scares me or it has fantastic acting and effects this is because it has none of those. The story is interesting and easy to follow, when watching this film with my friends we clearly had favorites and we said “aww I didn't want him to die” whenever they did but we were rarely grossed out because the effects wasn't that good. The most enjoyable scene was right at the end where the two last victims have managed to get on a Jet Ski and drive away only to be met with cheese wire that took their heads straight off, instead of being in shock that no one survived me and my friends were in hysterics for the next 2 hours. 
Horror movie remakes are often unbelievably rubbish, however the “woman in black” 2012 I found myself burring my head into my sisters arm, as we watched it in the cinema which made it more scarier in my opinion, but the movie has suspense, jump scares and scary ghost. The woman in black I though was greatly created and designed because she could leave the house she was haunting and kill children which struck fear into everyone but mostly children because at least adults could say that The woman in black would kill them. Also I love how the charter looked like a woman in black, so at night time when you are in your room trying to get to sleep and you see a shadow for curtains or draws or clothes, you can make a resemblance which continues to scare you.
When I went to the cinema to see “the conjuring” 2013 one of the scariest parts for me is when the ghost appears on top of the wardrobe and then jumps down and attacks the girl. This freaked me out mostly when I got home and because I store things on top of my wardrobe it looked like she was on top of my wardrobe like she was ion the film.


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