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Classic Horror?
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What is the typical plot of classic horror movies and novels?
Plots typically include the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage into the everyday world
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What authors inspired classic horror?
- Mary Shelley
- Edgar Allen Poe
- Bram Stoker
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What are the main themes in classic horror?
- Thriller
- Supernatural
- Fantasy
- Slasher
- Fiction/Non-Fiction
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What are examples of Horror sub-genres?
Body horror, horror drama, psychological, supernatural
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Why is Rosemary’s Baby a horror film?
The use of demons, Satanism, witches
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What is Polanski’s approach to delivering chills?
“ less is more”. This supports the story telling rule that the more kept off screen means more for the audience to imagine which makes it scarier
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Rosemary’s Baby is the mother of ——?
Modern horror; this novel helped transition gothic horror’s grand metaphors into the modern world
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Why do people watch horror films ?
A sense similar to the reason a person seeks out the controlled thrill of a roller coaster, readers in the modern era seek out feelings of horror and terror to feel a sense of excitement
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What was the name of the first horror movie in colour?
The Curse of Frankenstein
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What makes a horror movie scary?
The dark, suspense, jump scares, fear of death.
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What is the most successful horror movie?
Alien (Gross $515.9 million)
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Top 3 well known horror authors
Stephen king, Clive Barker, Dean Koontz
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What are common characters in horror films?
clowns, ghosts/demons, nuns
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What was the first horror film to be nominated for a best picture Oscar?
The exorcist
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What are elements of horror?
Ghosts, Demon, Torture, Aliens, Satanism, Evil Witches, Natural Made Disasters, creatures, gore, psychopaths
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What is classic Horror?
A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit fear