Horror films research
...dians - Who'd Been There A Long Time Made in 1980, directed by Stanley Kubrick In a recent poll of the 100 greatest scary moments, ”The Shining” came out as the number 1. In this film, Jack Nicholson stars as Jack Torrance, a writer who takes on the job of caretaker for the winter at an isolated hotel, so he can finish writing his book, bringing his wife Wendy and young son Danny – who has telepathy powers powered by a force called ‘the shining’ - with him. Jack develops a severe case of writer’s block, and Danny uses ‘the shining’ to discover that the hotel is haunted and that the spirits are slowly driving Jack crazy. As Jack’s lost his mind, he tries to kill his wife and son, chasing them with an axe. This film is most famous for it’s well-known phrase ‘Here’s Johnny!’. Unlike most other horror films, this one is so effective because the horror is within the family. The threat of domestic violence like this is even scarier than ghosts, vampires and zombies. The fact that the director hasn’t needed to use any obvious special effects makes it terrifying to watch. The Exorcist: Something beyond comprehension is happening to a little girl on this street, in this house. A man has been called for as a last resort to try and save her. That man is The Exorcist. Made in 1973, directed by William Friedkin Another spine-chilling film is “The Exorcist”, and is the most successful horror film of all time. Though the special effects aren’t as good as in more recent films, this one hasn’t lost its power to shock an audience. This film is the story of a possessed 12-year-old girl Linda Blair. Linda’s mother calls in an exorcist to get rid of the demon trapped inside her daughter. This film contains perhaps some of the most disturbing images ever, which include levitation, projectile vomiting and a 360-degree head-turn. The Blair Witch Project Made in 1998, directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez Three film students travel to Maryland to make a student film about a local urban legend: the Blair witch. This low-budget movie uses the footage that the students record themselves, and when this film first came out, it was thought by the viewers that what they were watching was real. The students appear to be ordinary people who gradually fall apart as they are confronted night after night by the evil forces that surround them. The ending isn’t clear; it’s left to the viewer to imagine what has happened. It’s rumoured that the directors made this film so sca...