Horror / Thriller

• Horror films were first seen in 1931.

• The first appeared horror movies were ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’.

• Firstly most were about vampires and monsters

What is horror ?

• Disturbing movies that try to cause emotions of fear and disgust from viewers.

• Often involve the invasion of an evil force, event, or somebody usually of supernatural origin into our everyday life.

Why do people enjoy it ?

• People watch horror movies not to actually be afraid but to be excited and engaged to the film.

• The great feeling of relief you get after 2 hours of terror.

About Horror

Horror before and after

Before After

Picture taken from ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ released in 1925. it is a about a deformed Ghost who haunts the Paris Opera house

Picture taken from ‘drag me to hell’ released in 2009. Old lady places a curse on young women, after three days of growing torment, will fall her into the depths of Hell to burn for eternity.

Over time horror has changed as it is now not all about ghosts and haunting people but involves more : • Cursing• Situations of everyday

life• Situations we can

relate to• Less vampires,

monsters etc.

Examples of horror films

Dracula

The wolfman

Frankenstein

Phantom of the opera

Drag me to hell Final destination saw

scream

More about the films Dracula • Director Tod browning • Universal studios production• Released in 1931• About a crazy man who lived on human blood and killed innocent girls.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nfmh178L98

Frankenstein • directed by James whale • distributed by Universal Pictures•Released in 1931• based on a dead scientist who turns out to be alive and goes round scaring innocent people.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyiXjyVsfw

Phantom of the opera• directed by Rupert Julian• distributed by Universal Studios•Released in 1925 • about a ghost who haunts the Paris opera house.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN6u28dq4qc&feature=related

Drag me to hell• Directed by Sam Raimi• produced by Grant CurtisRobert G. Tapert•Released in 2009• about a Young girl who neglates a loan to a gypsy women therefore this women curses her and after 3 days drags her to the depths of hell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUZTybLlWKI

Final destination 5 • Directed by Steven Quale• Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures• Released in 2011• About a group of co workers who go on a work retreat while one of the workers dreams that the bridge the coach was on was going to fall they manage to escape it but ‘when death chooses you no one can save u from it’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLKR3GdIK80

Scream •Directed by Wes Craven•Distributed by Dimension Films•Released in 1996• about a suspect that calls the fans of horror movies and attacks them when they least expect, police is involved but no one can catch this person !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTWf9QGdJCQ

Saw • directed by James Wan• distributed by Lionsgate• released in 2004• about two men who are chained in a bathroom and are given instructions of how to escape, one is told he must escape the bathroom, while the other is told to kill him before a certain time, or his family will die.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNT1aqXbFI

In horror movies we all expect :

• some kind of ghost

• innocent adult, girl or child

• Opening doors

• chains

• locked empty rooms

• screaming

• home alone in a massive house

Conventions