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Horror and Terror new article content ... I added more information to the wikipedia website "Horror and Terror." The subject I focused on was horror and terror in film. I used information from 2 websites regarding history of film, from the 1890s to present time, and famous and influential directors in the horror genre. I believe I used around 9 to 11 names there.
Horror and Terror in Film[edit]
Horror and terror stem mainly from movies and literature. People experience both emotions differently, and movies and books expose that. Horror is the feeling you get after seeing something violent and disturbing, while terror is the apprehension before something bad happens. The feeling of nervousness as a character is walking down a dark alley can best describe this. Neither horror nor terror should ever be confused with fear, however. Fear is the emotional and physical response to a situation, and is not directly related to either horror or terror. [1] To increase horrific feelings in the audience, plots often involve the supernatural, Serial Murderers, disease/virus outbreak, and surrealism are other plot points that belong in the horror genre. Themes involved to induce horror and terror are gore, werewolves, torture , ghosts, curses , satanism , demons , vicious animals, vampires, cannibals, haunted houses, and zombies. [1] The definition of what was once called a horror movie has changed over the years. Examples are The Silence of the Lambs and Seven. Horror is considered horror when there is an over the top amount of bloodshed and gore whereas thriller/terror is considered to be more along the route of mindgames. [1]
History of Horror Genre[edit]
Despite horror having been around for nearly 40 years, it did not quite catch on in the United States until the 1930's. Of all the Hollywood Studios around at the time, Universal Picture, Company became the first to send out films. Most notable are Frankenstein and Dracula . Some of these early movies blended science themed with Gothic and horror, such as James Whale's The Invisible Man. Big names in the horror genre include actors Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, and makeup artist Jack Pierce. [1] Moving on into the 1050's and 1960's, there was an emergence of new technology that left the tales of goth behind and new sub-genres began to appear. Two most popular were the horror-of-armageddon and the horror-of-demonic film. The horror of armageddon consisted of end of civilization, while the horror of demonic dealt with demons controlling people's souls and further used the supernatural element to a slightly bigger extreme. Films coming from Japan, in particular, had the majority of armageddon films with their first hand experience with radiation in the 1950's. The horror of demonic started out as ghosts and monsters, but by the mid to late 60's, more flmmakers decided to deal with satan and the devil enterring one's flesh, such as Rosemary's Baby from director Roman Polanski. Armageddon films did not have as much notice until 1963, when Alfred Hitchcock created a film called [ The Birds. By this point, the horror genre already had devoted and die hard fans heading into the 1970's. [1] Rosemary's Baby brought horror film into a whole other realm. More occult films were accepted. The Exorcist remains one of the most influential horror movies dealing with an evil spirit invading one's soul. The 70's brought with them the Zombie movie, which is still relevant in today's society. Many of the same came the next twenty years, with a revival of The Exorcist in early 2000. The Saw and Final Destination franchises define what kind of mode we'ev entered into. Disaster flms have become almost necessary, with remakes of foreign horror movies up there in equal importance. The influence of Swedish and French horror films is obvious over the past two to three years. [1]
Influential Directors of the Horror/Terror Genre[edit]
Takashi Miike, known for films Ichi the Killer, 3 Extremes, and Audition, has received international fame over the years for his violent behavior depicted in his films. There is often strange, sexual perversion and over-the-top violence, displayed in a cartoonish fashion. Many of his films depict criminals who go insane and the violence becomes intolerable. Miike is known for pushing the censorship boundaries as far as they will go.
Next on this list is Sam Raimi, maybe best known for his work on the hit franchise Spiderman. However, Raimi's claim to faim early on was his work on such cult favorites Evil Dead, Darkman, and Drag Me to Hell. Raimi is known for bringing the audience in first person with the action and suspense going on through his fast paced camera movements. For example, following an arrow thrown across the room at full speed with the camera, with the audience seeing this as though the arrow is coming straigt towards them. [2]
David Cronenberg , known for his work in Shivers, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, and The Fly. These films focus on social themes. Throughout his career, Cronenberg is most notably famous for providing films based off human people making mistakes that harm the environment. In The Fly, a scientist's experiment goes horribly wrong and he becomes demented and transformed. Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist, Salem's Lot, Lifeforce, and Bodybags is best known for the gritty violence and gore in the 70's. [2] His work in the 70's influenced a new vision for horror movies that is still influencing today. Films like Halloween, Someone's Watching Me, The Fog, The Thing, Christine, They Live, In the Mouth of Madness, and Ghosts of Madness were created by John Carpenter and still stand as some of the first monster movies. Carpenter's claim to fame is remaking older films and using new technology to improve the quality. His movies have proved to stand the test of time, while the originals are often considered out of date. [2]
Mario Bava, Italian filmmaker, is best known for Vampiri Caltiki- The Immortal Monster, Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, Planet of the Vampires, Kill, Baby... KIll!, Hatchet for the Honeymoon, Bay of Blood, Baron Blood, and House of Excorcism. Bava has been proven influential with his Planet of the Vampires being an influence to Alien. Bave also created what is known to be one of the earliest slasher films.
Alfred Hitchcock, George Romero and Wes Craven are some of the most influential Hollywood directors of any time within the horror genre. Hitchcock, with movies like The Birds and Vertigo, changed the emphasis of horror movies altogether. George Romero may have the greatest impact right now, in modern times. Romero, with Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, created one of the most influential sub genres of all of horror.
The Zombie movie has become popular again and is one of the best grossing sub genres in all of movies. Wes Craven, with Last House on the Left and the Scream franchise, provides slasher movies and social interraction like no one has before him. [2]
References[edit]
6.^ a b c d e f "Horror in Film". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film. Retrieved July 2011. 7.^ a b c d Miller, Stew. "13 most influential horror directors". Gunaxin Media. http://media.gunaxin.com/the-thirteen-most-influential-horror-movie-directors/24149. Retrieved july 2011.
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