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horror genre Essay Examples

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Vampires and the Horror Genre (1191 words, 3 pages)

The horror genre aims to achieve fear, panic, and alarm to the audience. It is important in this genre to leave your audience in suspense. Thats why the horror genre is so popular because people like the thrill of being scared. The vampire sub-genre is all about undead creatures who ... Read More

A Short Review of the Horror Genre in America (2245 words, 9 pages)

Diagnosing Crazy Inside the Minds of Those Who Like HorrorThe demented cannibal slithers out of his blood-stained cage, methodically murdering anyone who dares to step in his way. The emotionally damaged woman tasked with tracking down and capturing the cannibal is hot on his trail, but he continues to give ... Read More

The Appealing Characteristics of the Horror Genre (836 words, 3 pages)

Before researching the psychological appeal of the horror genre, I had only viewed the horror genre in cinema as something I enjoyed because I wanted to be frightened and never thought much afterwards. Upon researching the topic, Ive found out many things as to what makes the genre so pleasing ... Read More

A Comparison of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Halloween, Two Movies in the Horror Genre (2900 words, 9 pages)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) and Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) were two low budget films that had a lasting impact on the horror genre. Given their low budgets these movies were commercial successes, leading to the development and creation of the slasher subgenre of horror. With a ... Read More

The Shining by Stanley Kubrick: The Future of the Horror Genre (723 words, 3 pages)

It is not without reason that Stanley Kubrick's The Shining redefinedthe horror genre. Before The Shining, the horror movie mainly consisted oftwo sub-categories the monster movie and the slasher. Back then, if afilm did not have a Frankenstein or a Dracula, it had a Jason or a Freddy.The Shining broke ... Read More

Conservative Elements in Horror Genre (1096 words, 4 pages)

Conservation In HorrorHorror is an interesting genre. Mostly, and in our generation especially, it seems to seek to strike fear into the heart of the readerviewer. Originally, through my interpretation at least, I would explain horror as the genre that wanted to make me perceive the noise of the house ... Read More

A Comparison of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King in Writings in the Horror Genre (372 words, 1 pages)

Poe vs. KingPoe was the classic horror writer during the 1800's. He is known as the first horror writer in the United States. He is also known as the first writer of detective stories. Poe set the precedent for the horror writers in the USA. Stephen King followed in Poe's ... Read More

A Biography of Edgar Allan Poe, a Complicated Author of the Horror Genre (2632 words, 3 pages)

Poe is a very complicated author. His literary works are perplexed, disturbing, and even grotesque. His frequent illnesses may have provoked his engrossment in such things. In 1842 Dr. John W. Francis diagnosed Poe with sympathetic heart trouble as well as brain congestion. He also noted Poe's inability to withstand ... Read More

An Analysis of Two Movies of the Same Horror Genre in the Birds and Event Horizon (1295 words, 2 pages)

The Birds, and Event Horizon Two movies of the same horror genre, but they both scare you in completely different ways. The Birds is a thriller released in 1963, which uses little or no special effects to horr you to a sinister stupor. Event Horizon is a film made in ... Read More

Shakespeare’s Macbeth as a Play in the Horror Genre (2402 words, 3 pages)

Shakespeare's Macbeth is a most intriguing play for it's time. Not many plays beforehand had involved the death of a king wrongfully, as it was believed that the King was chosen by God Himself, and that to kill a King is a mortal sin. Shakespeare, however, managed to fit the ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013