Horror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror fro
m viewers, it is TRYING to scare you. It deals with the Fears and Terrors of the audience for an example fear of the other in the darkness fear of the body being ripped / mutilated; our own personal line is being crossed. Emergence of terror at any level is enjoyed from a safe distance by the viewer. Horror-Films work because the hidden (Implicit) or obvious (Explicit) message included within the narrative. Things like rejection or punishment are subjects which deviate from “correct” thinking. If we see Horror-Films from a simplistic point of view the basic message is the nice shy girl = “good”, the “slutty” girl = bad. It deals with thought fears like fears of strangers and hitchhikers which are breaking our personal line. Modern Horror is about defeating with the psychology rather than the supernatural. Horror shows the world very negatively. Are there so many paedophiles in the world? Does every mental patient try to kill us? Probably not. But Horror is the Genre that brings the most money. The audience is fine with the continual reinvention and remaking of every successful Horror product. We wonder why there should be an Indiana Jones but accept the producing Saw 6 or remaking of for an example Nightmare on Elmstreet.
m viewers, it is TRYING to scare you. It deals with the Fears and Terrors of the audience for an example fear of the other in the darkness fear of the body being ripped / mutilated; our own personal line is being crossed. Emergence of terror at any level is enjoyed from a safe distance by the viewer. Horror-Films work because the hidden (Implicit) or obvious (Explicit) message included within the narrative. Things like rejection or punishment are subjects which deviate from “correct” thinking. If we see Horror-Films from a simplistic point of view the basic message is the nice shy girl = “good”, the “slutty” girl = bad. It deals with thought fears like fears of strangers and hitchhikers which are breaking our personal line. Modern Horror is about defeating with the psychology rather than the supernatural. Horror shows the world very negatively. Are there so many paedophiles in the world? Does every mental patient try to kill us? Probably not. But Horror is the Genre that brings the most money. The audience is fine with the continual reinvention and remaking of every successful Horror product. We wonder why there should be an Indiana Jones but accept the producing Saw 6 or remaking of for an example Nightmare on Elmstreet.
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