Further Research On Horror Movies

As an A.S student l have so much passion for media and everything that involves it, including films and because of that l have decided to do my own further delve into “HORROR” movies. The reason l have decided to explore on the horror genre is basically because it’s the genre that l am going to film as part of my coursework.

Horror as a strapping genre on its own, targets to trigger the negative emotional reactions from all the audience who watch movies of that genre. Some of the things that l have seen appearing in most horror movies include “nightmares, ghosts, shock of unknown, zombies, vampires, blood, death, serial killers and many more. Despite the fact that horror is terrifying/ frightening, many people seem to still love it and this is supported by the evidence that l found below:

DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004)

SAW (2004)

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

The horror movie have been prominent ever since the 1890’s, but during that time they did not have some of the special effects that are used now are days and this means they had limit on what they could do and in some cases this automatically affected some scenes. Some of the old horror movies of the 80’s and 90’s include:

ü  Photographing a Ghost – This movie was released in United Kingdom in August 1898.

ü  Le Manoir Du Diable – It was released in 1896 in France.

ü  The Prince Of Darkness – This movie was released in 1900 in United States Of America.

ü  Bride Of The Monster – It was released in 1955 in United States Of America.

For a movie to be called horror it have to be consisted of some things and these are known as codes and convention. When audiences buy a horror DVD, or go to the cinema to watch a horror movie, they want their expectations to be fulfilled and this is part of the director’s job.

There are also some horror movies that do not do well and this is according to the audience feedback but these same movies will do well when it comes “box office”, for example “Paranormal Activity 1” costed almost nothing to make but made more money than what people expected. Some of the movies the audience didn’t like include:

ü  Paranormal Activity 1 & 2

ü  The Village

The main reason the audience gave these negative feedbacks is that they say the movies were not scary enough and this may be so because of:

1.       Poor use of lighting

2.       Poor use of camera angles/shots (there are some camera shots that are used in most successful horrors for example “extreme close up”)

3.       Poor use of soundtracks

Because most audience have seen some horror movies before, the production companies that will be making movies of this genre have to make sure that they deliver good products and this will be good for their reputation and it will also boost their future sales for their future products to come.