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HORRORHORROR

PRESENTED BY:PRESENTED BY:

Keith Isbell

Matthew Higgins

Elizabeth Elizabeth CookCook

and…

John Guadiz

"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.

When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.“ – Friedrich Nietzche

Elements of Gameplay

• Music• Camera• Pace of Game• Environment• Scares vs. Atmosphere (i.e. RE vs. SH)

Themes

• Existentialism• Dark, foreboding• Rituals/religion• Death• Fear

Gender

• Strong women roles

– Heather and Claudia (SH3)

– Jill Valentine (RE, RE3)

– Claire Redfield (RE2, RE:CV)

• Gender equality

• Antiheroes – “everyday” people, rarely brave, courageous or admirable

• Resident Evil series

– “Night of the Living Dead”

– “Dawn of the Dead”

– “Day of the Dead”

• Silent Hill series

• “Jacob’s Ladder”

• Kuon, Fatal Frame series, Siren

• “Ju-on” (“The Grudge”)

• “Ringu” (“The Ring”)

• Obscure

• John Hughes high school teen movie stereotypes (stock characters / archetypes)

• Loner, Nerd, Jock, Stoner, Cheerleader, etc.

• “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club”

• “The Faculty”

Links to FilmLinks to Film

History of Horror

• Legends/mythology

– Vampires

– Demons

– Ghosts

– Zombies/Undead

• Film

– Nosferatu (1922)

• Literature

– H.P. Lovecraft

– Edgar Allen Poe

– Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”

– Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”

• Video Games– Uninvited (NES)– Sweet Home (NES)– Alone in the Dark (PC)– Doom (PC)– Resident Evil (PS)– Silent Hill (PS)

Art, Poetry & Music

• H.R. Giger (1940-)– Horror/surrealist painter & sculptor– Designer of “Alien” for the movies– CD cover artist, connections with

artists such as: KoRn, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Gwar

• Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)– Surrealist painter

• The Beat movement– Hippie Movement

Graphic Novels

• Hellboy• Batman• Lobo• Spawn• Silent Hill• The Crow• The Punisher

Gothic Culture• Common Symbols:

– Skull– Occult symbols / Pentacle– Blood

• What is it?– Unique music, art, and literature– Black clothing, makeup, unusual hair, etc.– Medieval, Victorian, Edwardian history

• Common Stereotypes– Satanists (Marilyn Manson)– Depressed– Violent– Suicidal– Artistic

Game Examples

• Obscure• Siren• Kuon• Manhunt• The Suffering• Doom series• Fatal Frame series• Silent Hill series• Resident Evil series

Summary

Important Elements

• Music• Art• Film• Culture• Emotion: Fear

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VIDEO SHORTS:• Cunningham, Chris. “Come to Daddy.” The Work of Director Chris Cunningham. 2003.• Romero, George A. “Night of the Living Dead.” 1968.

OTHER:• Beyonce. “Crazy In Love.” Dangerously in Love. 2003.• Konami. “Float up from dream.” Silent Hill 3 Soundtrack. 2003.• http://www.religioustolerance.org/goth.htm

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