What a Monster Looks Like?
What is a monster? When I think of a monster, I think of something that plants nothing but unadulterated fear in me. A monster is something that is cruel and ruthless. Something that wants nothing more than to do harm to you, or others. It doesn't have to be big and ugly, or have sharp teeth in order to be categorized as a monster, but as long as it has the objective to harm you. Monsters lurk in your nightmares.…...
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An Introduction to the Style of Found Footage in Film Making
Movies have been filmed in several different ways, styles, and framing. However, a new form of cinemetagrophy that appeared flourished after the movie paranormal activity was released sparked the growth of the style popularly known as “found footage.” Using a more commonly used form of filming that generally mimics the way a person records an event as it happens. This technique was used with a horror movie that basically places you inside the movie experiencing everything as if you personally…...
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Teen Suicide in A Girl Like Her: An Annotated Bibliography
A Girl Like Her. Dir. Amy S. Weber. Perf. Lexi Ainsworth, Hunter King, Jimmy Bennett. 2015. Netflix. The film, A Girl Like Her, provides a perspective on teen suicide and it's effect that I haven't seen before in that it uses a style called "mockumentary" in which, implied by the title, it mocks the style of a documentary. The film is intermittently footage and interviews, giving the feel of a documentary, despite being fictitious. In the movie, a documentary is…...
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An Analysis of the Theme of Ambiguity in The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen
Ambiguity in Elizabeth Bowen's "The Demon Lover" leads to far too many interpretations of the simple ghost story. Granted, it allows for lively class discussions, ambiguity in this story causes readers see alternate views that were not intended by the author. On the surface, “The Demon Lover” is about a middle aged woman, Mrs Drover, and her encounter with the supernatural. When readers try to look beyond that, multiple different readings come forward. However, none of these are fully backed…...
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A Critical View on Modern Horror Movies
"I think that we're all mentally ill; those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better, after all." (King, Stephen. Why We Crave Horror Movies). We're all a little crazy sometimes. Some of us a little more than others. An average person might dip into some messed up, curious thoughts. That's why someone shouldn't think to much. That is also why we have horror films! There has to be…...
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