Horror films:
They are movies that show emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness.
Early horror movies used literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Some horror films incorporate elements of other genres such as science fiction, fantasy, mockumentary, black comedy, and thrillers.
Horror films, when done well and with less reliance on horrifying special effects, can be extremely potent film forms, tapping into our dream states and the horror of the irrational and unknown, and the horror within man himself. (The best horror films only imply or suggest the horror in subtle ways, rather than blatantly displaying it, i.e., Val Lewton's horror films.) In horror films, the irrational forces of chaos or horror invariably need to be defeated, and often these films end with a return to normalcy and victory over the monstrous.
Their main characters have included "unknown," human, supernatural or grotesque creatures, ranging from vampires, demented madmen, devils, unfriendly ghosts, monsters, mad scientists, "Frankensteins," "Jekyll/Hyde" dualities, demons, zombies, evil spirits, arch fiends, Satanic villains, the "possessed," werewolves and freaks to even the unseen, diabolical presence of evil.
Horror films started in the 1890's appear in several of the silent shorts created by film pioneers such as Georges Méliès in the late 1890s, the most notable being his 1896 Le Manoir du diable "The House of the Devil" which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film. Another of his horror projects was 1898's La Caverne maudite (aka "The Cave of the unholy one", literally "the accursed cave".
Ellis the theme you chose this week is very interesting. I love horror film even I feel scary but that is I want to feel.Something strange I never have seem before and unknow for me
ReplyDeleteI really DON'T like horror films but it's AMAZING how WELL they use visual effects and how we don't even know how they do them.
ReplyDeleteI like horror movies.
ReplyDeleteI like to see how the makeup and effects make it look real in the movie.
for example when they kill a person in the film is interesting to know what they did to seem real, so when i grow up I want to direct a movie because it's fun to create this kind of thing that makes the movie becomes interesting.
I actually LOVE horror films because the effects and the light that they used make unique horror movies, also the make up and the customs that the actors have to use to make people get panic.The music, the camera angles are very important because that make the suspense and the fear in movie.
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