These two week I watched two different love movies, Blue Velvet and Eat Drink Man Woman. Blue Velvet is one of David Lynch’s most celebrated works of his early years. And the special style of surprise, horror, darkness, distortion and violence is fully revealed in this film. Blue Velvet is set in an ordinary American…
Tag: horror
Scariest Movie of All Time
I remember watching Insidious when I was browsing channels with my cousins when I was fourteen years old. I was never a fan of jump scares and not being to sleep at night because of a film. But I watch them because of the story. Insidious is not like any other film because of its…
Fear the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and let Chunking Express delight you with time and speed.
The two big hits “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Chungking Express” are completely different, but they both have something in common. They both gave their audiences something new to experience. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, directed by Tobe Hooper and released in 1974, was said to be one the films that changed how audiences viewed horror and how…
Alien- The Power of Fear
The screen opens to an unsettling black background when lines slowly appear before your eyes. The title is just as unsettling as the lack of sound, and it sets the mood for the rest of the film. In an interview with Richard Greenberg, the one who created the title, says, “I think Steve Frankfurt once…
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Terminator
Cinema goes in and out of trends throughout it’s history; more so than any other form of media. With this we see how some trends last and how some go without a hitch. One trend in Hollywood that stuck and only advanced with technology is the usage of violence. With the advancement of CGI and…
Alien; the Genius of Ridley Scott
When discussing films that became unorthodox success, such minds usually come to a small film called “Jaws”; quickly after the idea of horror in film wasn’t just for scare for the masses. With the success of the film it opened the door for other directors to experiment with the genre. No longer was it just…
The Beginning of Violence in Film
For class I have officially watched three films, all with different themes and plots. However, one thing was still very prominent and that was their use of violence. Each film handled the idea of violence with such difference but it still was front and center, especially in two of the films; Kill Bill vol 1….
Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs. A Better Tomorrow
Action and horror movies almost always have scenes that make you cringe because of the violence involved. Sometimes the violence is pointless and terrifying and other times there is a reason. Well, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and A BETTER TOMORROW are two very different movies to clarify the point being made. This is the mad man…
Texas Chainsaw Massacre vs. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Over the past two weeks I watched and analyzed two films, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. These movies were both extremely important to their genres. They both improved and set the bar for future films to come. Texas Chainsaw Massacre raised stakes for horror movies obviously by being scarier than any before…
The Shining vs. Schindler’s List
These two films were released in order to have a strong affect on the audience. In order to accomplish this, both of these films use the common theme of evil. However, the types of evil are very different. In The Shining, the evil is more spiritual and paranormal while in Schindler’s list, the evil aspect…
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