Sunday, 4 November 2012
Sunday, 21 October 2012
THE HISTORY OF HORROR
The start of the 2000s saw a quiet period for the genre. The release of an extended version of The Exorcist in 2000 was successful despite the film having been available on home video for years.A main trend of the most recent decade is the use of psychology to scare audiences, rather than gore.
There was also return to the zombie genre in horror movies made after 2000, The Resident Evil video game franchise was adapted into a film released in March 2002. Four sequels have followed. The British film 28 Days Later (2002) featured an update on the genre with The Return of the Living Dead (1985) style of aggressive zombie. The film later spawned a sequel: 28 Weeks Later. An updated remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004) soon appeared as well as the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead (2004)
A larger trend is a return to the extreme, graphic violence that characterized much of the type of low-budget, exploitation horror of before. An example of this trend was the emergence of a type of horror with emphasis on torture, suffering and violent death, referred to as "horror porn". With films such as The Collector, The Tortured, Saw, and Hostel, and their sequels, frequently singled out as examples of this sub-genre
A larger trend is a return to the extreme, graphic violence that characterized much of the type of low-budget, exploitation horror of before. An example of this trend was the emergence of a type of horror with emphasis on torture, suffering and violent death, referred to as "horror porn". With films such as The Collector, The Tortured, Saw, and Hostel, and their sequels, frequently singled out as examples of this sub-genre
THE HISTORY OF HORROR
In the first half of the 1990s, the genre continued many of the themes from the 1980s. The slasher films A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween and Child's Play all saw sequels in the 1990s, most of which met with varied amounts of success at the box office,
The later 90's brought with it a brand new ways of scaring audiences - computer generated effects. This was both good and bad. Two main problems pushed horror backward during this period: first, the horror genre had worn itself out with the nonstop slasher and gore films in the eighties. Secondly, the adolescent audience which feasted on the blood of the previous decade grew up, and the replacement audience for horror films were being captured by the explosion of science-fiction and fantasy films, thanks to the special effects possibilities
To re-connect with its audience, horror became more self-mockingly ironic and comedy, especially in the second half of the 90's. Peter Jackson's Braindead (1992) took the splatter film to new levels for comic effect. Wes Craven's Scream (1996), featured teenagers who were fully aware of, and often made reference to, the history of horror movies, and mixed ironic humour with the shocks. Along with I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and Urban Legend (1998).
The later 90's brought with it a brand new ways of scaring audiences - computer generated effects. This was both good and bad. Two main problems pushed horror backward during this period: first, the horror genre had worn itself out with the nonstop slasher and gore films in the eighties. Secondly, the adolescent audience which feasted on the blood of the previous decade grew up, and the replacement audience for horror films were being captured by the explosion of science-fiction and fantasy films, thanks to the special effects possibilities
THE HISTORY OF HORROR
The 1970's saw a turning point, unnlike the early days, films were no longer just supernatural occurances, in fact many films in the 70's depicted possessed women and children and highlighted the devil as the main villan.. For example The exorcist (1973) and The Omen (1976). Many 70's films were inspired from the ideas in the 60's, some were even inspired from recent conflicts like the vietnam war. The Hills have eyes (1977) and The texas chainsaw Massacre (1978) are just some examples.
The 1980s saw a wave of gory lower budget "B movie" horror films – although most of them were reviewed as being bad by critics, many became cult classics and later saw success with critics. An example is Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies, which were low-budget gorefests but had a very original plotline which was later praised by critics. Other horror film examples include cult vampire classic Fright Night(1985) and The Lost Boys (1987).
The 1980s saw a wave of gory lower budget "B movie" horror films – although most of them were reviewed as being bad by critics, many became cult classics and later saw success with critics. An example is Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies, which were low-budget gorefests but had a very original plotline which was later praised by critics. Other horror film examples include cult vampire classic Fright Night(1985) and The Lost Boys (1987).
THE HISTORY OF HORROR
By 1950's technology had vastly improved, two sub-genres began to appear; Horror-of-armageddon and Horror-of-the-demonic .A lot of productions featured humanity overcoming threats from "outside": alien invasions and deadly mutations to people, plants, and insects. In the case of some horror films from Japan, such as Godzilla (1954) and its sequels, mutation from the effects of nuclear radiation.
Some horror films during this period, such as The Thing from Another World (1951) and Don Sielgel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), managedd to use the paranoia from the Cold War for
scaring audiences.
Many of the special effects back then would seem quite primative to us nowadays, this was because computer generated effects were not availible for use in films, so instead models were made, good example of these are featured in the video above (Godzilla).
Some horror films during this period, such as The Thing from Another World (1951) and Don Sielgel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), managedd to use the paranoia from the Cold War for
scaring audiences.
Many of the special effects back then would seem quite primative to us nowadays, this was because computer generated effects were not availible for use in films, so instead models were made, good example of these are featured in the video above (Godzilla).
Thursday, 18 October 2012
THE HISTORY OF HORROR
In 1912, the world famous 'Universal Pictures' was first created. By 1931, they created their fist horror movie, Tod Browning's Dracula. Back then, horror films were a lot more timid than they are today, if they we're re-released nowadays they would be seen more of 'classic film' rather than 'horror film'. The horror film industry was just taking off, soon it would become one of the main movie genres.
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
THE HISTORY OF HORROR
Since the beginning of film production over 200 years ago, in the late 1800's, film makers have been enthralled to produce scary films for the public, to shock and frighten them is the main criteria- the horror film was born.
Starting in the late 1890's, short and silent films were very popular, the earliest of these included the depiction of supernatural events created by film pioneer Georges Melies. It is believed that the first ever horror film made was called 'Le Manoir du Diable' or "the haunted house" Created in 1896. By 1898, Georges' second silent horror film was created, called 'Le Caverne maudit' or "The cave of the unholy one".
12 years later, edison studios creted the first horror film with sound was produced; the first version of 'Frankenstein" was created, although lost for many years after.
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