Raising funds through Sponsume, Paul Davis - perhaps best known for the brilliant documentary Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London', directed his first short, Him Indoors (2012). It starred Reece Shearsmith as an agoraphobic serial killer, trying to cope following the death of his mother. It's a ludicrous 'why hasn't this been thought of before' idea, with Shearsmith perfect as the socially isolated Gregory Brewster, full of nervous facial expressions and awkward looks, but unflinchingly brutal when it comes to murder. He has invited his new next door neighbour, Lizzie (Pollyanna McIntosh, The Woman) for a meal. Gregory is being evicted and will be forced to go 'out there', unless he can come up with another plan. Things are not going well, however, when Lizzie turns up - a day early. She just needs a break from sorting her house, "I could just do with a good cup of tea" she tells Gregory, "that, or a shag". Looking even more uncomfortable, Gregory offers a cup of tea. Even if you can figure Gregory's plan out, the final payoff is as perfect as it comes. Davis followed this with The Body (2013) in which a murderer (Alfie Allen) takes advantage of Halloween to take the corpse of his latest victim across town to his disposal site. It doesn't go smoothly, however, when he is inadvertently invited to a party and meets a girl (Hannah Tointon). His night goes downhill fast when, as well as the girl, a group of lads take him under their wing. The humour is much more subtle in The Body, and builds the anxiety as we hope that the audacious murderer will not be caught out with his 'prop'. The lovely Hannah Tointon also popped up in writer James (Cockneys vs. Zombies)Moran's Crazy For You (2013), in which a budding ... ... middle of paper ... ...ould expect. Jerry Pyle's debut Burn (2011) featured a man with his penis in a vice faced with an unenviable decision. With Service, he gives us a different slant on the home invasion trope. Naturally, the denouement isn't as you'd expect. Finally, one film which should be online by the end of October is The Last Halloween, a sinister trick-or-treat based horror from Marc Roussel (whose 2010 short Remote was a big hit). It's a moody, bleak, but ultimately fun film which will certainly kick start any Samhain celebration. Even if you don't manage to get to any festivals, there's still a chance you could catch these films as they invariably end up online. It's always worth doing a search of YouTube or Vimeo, as several of the films mentioned and hundreds more besides, can be found. You never know what hidden gem you may uncover. Let us know if you find something good!
Halloween was not supposed to be like that, it was supposed to be more like when I was a kid. Houses would be decorated, jack-o-lanterns would be sitting near doors, and
“Torture porn” developed the horror movies not by attracting so many audiences, but also by proving to be commercially successful, with some of the movies becoming the highest earning in the horror genre. I have already talked about the Saw(2004) movie. It is one of those movies to set the record for highest earning horror film, earning the growth collection of more than $100 million worldwide. After this movie got so successful, they made another squeal of this movie. They titled it Saw II and it actually earned more than $147 million. Similarly, they made it up to seven parts so far and as far as I know there is the last part or the final chapter; Saw VIII too, which is uncertainly going to be released in the summer of 2016. So far the total box office collected globally from all seven parts of Saw are above $800 million. Hostel sequels are the other movies to set the record on high grossing horror film. Its clearly stated in the Forbes,“Roth made Hostel for $4.5 million, and the film was released in January 2006. Hostel grossed a total $80 million worldwide in theaters, plus DVD sales of $21 million.” This is a total worldwide collection of just one part of this film. There are up to 3 sequels. They aren't bad at all. They are already higher than the Bollywood highest grossed film. I have
Halloween is the time of year that most people loved the idea of being scared beyond belief. But nowadays it’s harder to be genuinely scared because it seems like some people have become accustomed to most horrifying things that relate to Halloween due to the fact that it is the same every year. Nonetheless every year amusement parks use Halloween as a marketing scheme to get people and their friends to come to their horror nights, and spend money on ridiculous overpriced items, which all present the same things; clowns, clowns, chainsaws, and more clowns. Yes we can all agree that clowns are scary, but there has to come a time where the ones coming up with these “horror nights” step back and realize that what they are doing is no longer working anymore. But alas there is someone out there who knows what they’re doing, and it quite possibly could have to do with the fact that they are connected to the movie studio that did invent the horror film genre. But what makes Universal Studios Halloween Horror night so sinister? Universal Studios has a way where they take you out of reality and place you in a horror movie where you encounter many horror mazes, and also by the way they attack your senses in unexpected ways.
So, if you like the sound of these two films and would like to see them for yourself buy or rent them out and enjoy going back in time to school in America without moving an inch!
A girl runs frantically through the woods trying to escape an axe-wielding villain. The defenseless victim suddenly trips and collapses to the ground. The villain laughs wickedly as he lifts the axe above his head. The girl releases a final scream as the weapon quickly ends her life, causing the audience to go silent as they watch the villain drag away the lifeless body. Death, blood, guts, suspense, screaming, and terror are just a few things to expect when watching a modern-day horror film.
Anthony ‘Tony’ Perkins was well known for his roles in romantic comediess. The attractive, shy, well-intentioned young man not only captured the hearts of many teenage girls, but the eye of Alfred Hitchcock when looking for the perfect Norman Bates. Hitchcock’s clever choice of actor immediately threw off the audience and made them ask what is Anthony Perkins doing in a horror film? Perkins' shy personality and slightly awkward movements did him well in his usual genre but did him even better when playing a homicidal schizophrenic. In fact, Perkins' portrayal of Bates made people second guess themselves as to who murdered Marion and Arbogast. This makes the movie significantly more thrilling.
Halloween is a perfect example of a cliché slasher film. This film features some of the most
Late autumn has arrived and with it comes the dark magic of Halloween--and, of course, the
How does fast food affect the health of people in the United States? Fast food has definitely played its mind games and tricks on people in the Unites States, making people want more and more of the unhealthy and spurious food that fast food restaurants provide. Out of all of the horrible issues in the US, the biggest one affects the health of the people in the United States. This involves gaining massive amounts of weight, otherwise known as becoming obese. Fast food makes obesity happen.
Each of the teenagers in the group plays an archetypal role that can found in many of the horror films of the last thirty years. Jules plays the role of ‘The Whore’, Curt ‘The Athlete’, Holden ‘The Scholar’, Marty ‘The Fool’, and Dana ‘The Virgin’. The remaining two in the third act of the film, Marty and Dana, discover that the order in which they group dies can be flexible, as long as ‘The Whore’ dies first and ‘The Virgin’ lives or is the last to perish. This revelation for the characters partly acts as a critique of the moralistic view of sex as resulting in death in the traditional slasher movie. For example in films that established the slasher in the horror genre like John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ (1978), all of the characters that engage
First off rating at number 5 is Halloween that came out in October 1978 with director John Carpenter and its screenplay written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Halloween starts out with the Killer Michael Myers at the age of 6 kills his sister Judith on Halloween in 1963. After being sentenced and locked away for over 15 years. But on October 20, 1978 on his way to a court date, now 21 years old Michael Myers escapes a steals a car. He returns to his hometown of Haddonfield, Illinois to look for new victims. This movie rated number five due to even though included a somewhat good backstory it lacked qualities that many good horror movies of its time included.
Overall, Friday the 13th (Marcus Nipsel, 2009) is a typical slasher film according to Carol Clovers book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. With the male antagonist killer, the Final Girl, and the use of weapons and killing styles, the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th suggests that Carol Clover’s ideas about slasher films have stayed the same throughout the years of horror slasher films.
also films that could have been seen for a small price, but if one has the time
The horror film has the honor of being one of the few genres aside from the Christmas film to own an entire month out of the year. The moment it becomes October, in the United States especially, the haunting themes of Halloween begin to take over. Anyone can guarantee that if an individual goes out of their house during the October month, they will come into direct contact with pumpkin spice flavored items from coffee to Oreos, Halloween candy in all shapes and forms, and the horror movie. Whether it is the film that started it all, The Haunted Castle, released in 1896 and directed by Georges Méliès or to the recent string of repetitive horror of the Paranormal Activity or Insidious franchises, the horror film is a long-lasting genre with one
In recent years, these elements, techniques, stereotypes, and clichés have grown more and more prominent, and while various new parody horror films have been created, the genre is not dying out yet. Considering the many subgenres of horror, ranging anywhere from ghosts to supernatural, anyone can find a horror genre they love. Because of its ever-changing nature, horror will be around for many years to come.