After the television genres introduction during the several previous classes, horror caught my attention. As a fan of horror movie, I’m also interested in watching the horror stories in television programs. This week, I chose American Horror Story: Coven as the example to analysis the typical elements which contribute to establish the genre of horror and experience the difference between horror movie and horror television. American Horror Story is an anthology series which means each season will be independent as a self-contained miniseries and aired by the cable television channel FX. Because of the independent story-lines of different seasons, the casting and settings of this show will be more flexible. In the season three, American Horror Story: Coven, some actors from the previous seasons returned in different roles, such as Jessica Lange who used to cast as a Sister of a mental institution in the season two and now becomes to a supreme witch who is eager to be immortal, and Sarah Paulson who used to cast as a lesbian writer in the season two and now portrays Lange’s daughter who suffers from infertility. According to the first two episode of season three, the story takes place in a special school in New Orleans, Louisiana, which teaches young witches how to utilize their special talents and protect themselves. Cordelia, as Sarah Paluson, is the teacher of the school. She gathers four young witches, all of which have their own special talents, such as, nan is clairvoyant, Queenie is a human voodoo doll, Madison as Emma Roberts can move objects by her mind, and Zoe will kill the person when they have sex. Fiona is Cordelia’s mother, and she is the supreme witch who combines different talents and basically can do whatever she ... ... middle of paper ... ...d it up in Chanel.” I can not make sure wether this is a advertising endorsement of Chanel; but I can tell the importance of costumes as a female audience. What’s more, there is a plot demonstrating a ritual of the Voodoo. However, in the creepy ritual, Cordelia was wearing a beautiful red dress. The setting on the costumes makes me feel like that the show more tends to target the female audiences again. In conclusion, America Horror Story: Coven, as a horror television genre, extends the theme of feminism and tries to make the horror stories be more acceptable by female audiences. However, whether it can successfully gain male viewers and satisfy the fans of horror becomes a opened question. Even though I am a fan of horror and this show is not scary at all for me, I’m attracted by the stories among women and the beautiful costumes of the actresses.
Murphy, Ryan, and Brad Fulchuk. "American Horror Story Coven." American Horror Story Coven. FX. FX, New York, 20 Nov. 2013. Television.
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The highly anticipated Tv series Scream Queens, premiered on September 22nd. Scream Queens genre is a horror story with minimal comedy. The storyline takes place on campus at Wallace University, in the Kappa Kappa sorority house. The story revolves around the Kappa Kappa pledges and a serial killer loose on campus. The sorority sisters are in danger and determined to find out who the killer is.
In 1997, a new series featuring a female lead aired, it was called Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This show became popular instantly and to this day it still remains popular, if not more. This series was named by TV Guide critics as “one of the fifty greatest TV shows of all time”, because of its feminist portrayals (Heinecken, 91). Buffy the Vampire Slayer was created by Joss Whedon due to the fact that he felt bad for women in horror films, he felt like their depictions were almost always sexist. Whedon quoted that the show he has created depicts, “the joy of female power: having it, using it, sharing it.”, which is important to show to women of newer generations (South, 35). What made Buffy so special was that there was finally a female character that was at
Most authors use 4 utilities to make a story entertaining. They use the setting, mood, tone, and the archetypes to keep the author entertained. Cinderella by Jacob and WilHelm Grimm and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Marsha Hatfield were both scary because they showed how the tone and mood affected the story, themselves, and the readers at the same time. The horror genre is spooky and unlike other genres, because they are written to scare audiences. In order to do that authors and directors have to change settings, establish tones and moods, and use archetypes that are darker than all other genres. Multiple authors make similar decisions to create archetypes, setting, mood, and tones that uphold the horror genre.
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As writers and producers saw the amazing popularity and success of the movie Scream many other copy cat versions were made. Movies such as I Know What You Did Last Summer and Urban Legend all followed the same teen slasher format. Nothing is being left up to the movie viewer’s imagination anymore. Everything for the past thirty years was spelled out and given to the viewer, leaving the identity of the killer as the only form of mystery. The genre of horror was losing a very important battle. The bone-chilling movies of the past were giving way to the comedic teen movies of the present.
In early January of 1692, the nine-year-old Betty Parris and her cousin, Abigail Williams, began having nightmares, acting like animals, complaining of strange pricks in their skin, wailing like "a banshee from the afterlife,” and contorting into shapes that wasn’t natural to a human (Blumberg). It was said that supernatural forces were confiding in them, and everyone’s fear came alive when the girls mentioned witches. Tituba, an Indian slave, taught her Caribbean voodoo-inspired magic to local girls, putting the idea of witchcraft in their minds (Aronson, 1). She was never trusted among the town because she was a foreign slave. Basic common “voo-doo magic” used in modern-day shows were the “incapable witchcraft” of the 1600’s.
Modern day horror films are very different from the first horror films which date back to the late nineteenth century, but the goal of shocking the audience is still the same. Over the course of its existence, the horror industry has had to innovate new ways to keep its viewers on the edge of their seats. Horror films are frightening films created solely to ignite anxiety and panic within the viewers. Dread and alarm summon deep fears by captivating the audience with a shocking, terrifying, and unpredictable finale that leaves the viewer stunned. (Horror Films)
The genre of horror when associated to film, it reflects on a vast variety of issues but when examined for the cultural significance it is narrower to what the aim is. This review surveys multiple scholarly sources from different aspects of the purpose of horror films. This literature review justifies that horror is derived from the fear and guilt within our psychological minds. I will argue that the cultural significance of this genre relates back to the emotional appeals that are conjured up when viewing these films.
Slasher films have attracted feminist academic attention in recent years, most notably from theorist Carol J. Clover. Clover's groundbreaking article, "Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film," was first published in 1987 and continues to influence feminist film critics today. With some success, these critical inquiries have recuperated the genre as one that might actually indicate shifting ideas about gender roles and female agency. Whedon nods both to the "slasher" as a subgenre and to feminist film theory in the Season 3 episode, "Helpless." In "Helpless," Whedon grafts the slasher scenario onto the Buffyverse but makes significant changes, based, I think, both on feminist responses to the genre and also on his own understanding of the show's audience demographics. Though Whedon puts his title character on a continuum with the slasher's female but "boyish" victim-heroes, Buffy b...
The play begins with a supernatural scene, where the three witches meet and give many clues as to who they are or what they have control over,
Would you rather be horrified beyond repair or thrilled to the point of no return? In horror, the main purpose is to invoke fear and dread into the audience in the most unrealistic way. Horror movies involve supernatural entities such as ghosts, vampires, teleportation, and being completely immortal. As thriller films are grounded in realism and involve more suspense, mystery, and a sense of panic. Though both genres will frighten the audience, it will happen in two different ways. Whether the horror thrills or the thriller horrifies, a scare is always incorporated.
A horror movie “makes people think, what if it was reality?” said by a thrill seeker person who was waiting to watch a horror movie. Experts also cite more various reasons about why people enjoy watching scary movies. For the thrill of it and also because it seems real for thrill seekers; these are some secretes reveled to show why thrill seekers enjoy horror movies. Feeling the sense of evil and being curious about understanding humanity’s dark side makes horror movies a perfect way of enjoying these feelings, and relieving the tension of curiosity about violent, blood and terrorism. Moreover, experts said that not only desirability to blood and fear could consider as an attraction to whose ...
This essay will be examining the genre of Horror, its conventions and origins. A dark genre that aims to unsettle. Wholly unique in the aspect that traditionally film often attempts to lull the audience into a comfortable sense of detachment. A voyeuristic element of disconnect from the screen, yet Horror's appeal is it's aim to immerse. Mise en scéne, the use of lighting and sound all common film techniques. Used to play upon the audience's most basic instinct, fear.