HORROR MOVIES
Woman's role in a horror movie- Blair Witch, Panic room
I am going to look at two films from the horror genre "The Blair witch" and "Panic room" to what extent do these challenge any of the following women's roles, conventions of the horror, ideologies before September the 11th?
The Blair witch project follows many of the horror conventions despite its originality and I am going to explain what some of the main key aspects are.
The location is placed in an isolated setting this creates suspense and danger of being trapped in a remote location of nowhere to go. The fact that this is filmed as a project documentary highlights the fact that they are investigating where they shouldn't and are looking for danger already setting enigma codes that something bad will happen connoted further with bad whether conditions. Often it is made obvious that something is going to happen like the rain or the moon which often connotes loneliness or isolation which often is seen as hopeless for a change and many bad things do happen such as slime appearing on backpacks, maps lost, sanity doomed, tents shake, laughter from a distance etc.
So like most horror films it is fairly predictable we can even see this by the title it clearly states what the film is about it is a project to investigate the legend of the Blair witch but clearly don't succeed in their task. Many films do this such as "long time dead" investigating and awakening those who have been dead for a long time. This film investigates the fear of the unknown of not visibly being able to see the killer creating great fear for the audience as the far and frustrations grow so does the pace of the film until its finale when the tension reaches its peak and although the killer is never seen and has an inevitable ending it is clear what's happened and often it is more horrific not knowing the truth of a situation.
Woman's role in a horror movie- Blair Witch, Panic room
I am going to look at two films from the horror genre "The Blair witch" and "Panic room" to what extent do these challenge any of the following women's roles, conventions of the horror, ideologies before September the 11th?
The Blair witch project follows many of the horror conventions despite its originality and I am going to explain what some of the main key aspects are.
The location is placed in an isolated setting this creates suspense and danger of being trapped in a remote location of nowhere to go. The fact that this is filmed as a project documentary highlights the fact that they are investigating where they shouldn't and are looking for danger already setting enigma codes that something bad will happen connoted further with bad whether conditions. Often it is made obvious that something is going to happen like the rain or the moon which often connotes loneliness or isolation which often is seen as hopeless for a change and many bad things do happen such as slime appearing on backpacks, maps lost, sanity doomed, tents shake, laughter from a distance etc.
So like most horror films it is fairly predictable we can even see this by the title it clearly states what the film is about it is a project to investigate the legend of the Blair witch but clearly don't succeed in their task. Many films do this such as "long time dead" investigating and awakening those who have been dead for a long time. This film investigates the fear of the unknown of not visibly being able to see the killer creating great fear for the audience as the far and frustrations grow so does the pace of the film until its finale when the tension reaches its peak and although the killer is never seen and has an inevitable ending it is clear what's happened and often it is more horrific not knowing the truth of a situation.