the development of horror film genre overtime!
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The development of horror film genre overtime!
Film Certification
Themes Characters Narrative Conventions Audience Appeal
The Ghost Breaker (1922 film)
PG haunted houses and ghosts
-ghost breaker-leader of ghosts-coloured servant-A ghost
-Based in a haunted house.
-Ghosts-Creepy house.-Ghost detectives and catchers
Because it’s a PG film it is targeted at older people such a s adults and not suitable for young people.
Haunted Spooks
PG -Silent comedy film-Romantic themes-Suicide
-A lawyer & his wife.-Short Butler -A girl (Layers Niece)
-set in the South "down the Mississippi and turn to the right".
-Murder-Problem solving-Haunting-Death
Also aimed at older audience due to the certification as it may be inappropriate to children.
The Hands of Orlac (1924 film)
PG -Character looses his hand in railway accident -Guts and gores -Crime-Sci-Fi
-The man and wife-Surgeon that provides new hands.
-Railway-Hospital
-Murder-Knife
Older audience due to knives and weapons.
Horror Genre- 1920’s
1920’S
FILM CERTIFICATION THEMES CHARACTERS NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS
AUDIENCE APPEAL
The Ape (1940 film)
PG -Ape breaks into lab-Doctor kills ape (Murder) for apes skin-Hides murder by plotting it.
-Dr. Adrian's (Scientists)-The Ape
- In a science lab -Knives-Murder-Mystery -Crime-Action
Older audience will enjoy this murder mystery film.
Black Friday (1940 film)
PG -Science fiction-Horror
-Professor-Doctor-Gangster
-Set in the streets -Accidents-Implanting of brain
Aimed at older audience as there are gang voilence and complicated storyline.
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
- -Is a sequel -combine of monsters-Warewolves
-Baroness Elsa Frankenstein-Inspector Owen-Dr. Mannering
-Set in a town -Scary characters such as werewolves, Frankenstein and good/bad characters.
-No sex or nudity appeled to teenagers and over.
Horror Genre- 1940’s
1940’S
FILM CERTIFICATION THEMES CHARACTERS
NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS
AUDIENCE APPEAL
Psycho (1960 film)
Age 14 and up -Horror- thriller film.-Romantic-Mystery
-Girl and boyfriend-Policeman-mentally ill proprietor-Detective
-Basement-House
-Mental (psycho)-finding out mysteries
-suitable for young teens as there is no nudity.
The Witch's Curse
- -an interpretation of mythological the gothic horror genre-peplum-fantasy film
-A witch is burned in Scotland
-The sequences set in the Hell were entirely filmed in the Castellana Caves,
-Death-Fire-Danger-Suicide
- Aimed towards older audience as its about a witch getting burned so not suitable for kids.
The Little Shop of Horrors
12 and up -American comedy horror
-florist's assistant who cultivates a plant and feeds on human flesh and blood.
-Set in a florist shop. -Human flesh-Blood-Death
-nothing too extreme so aimed at younger audience.
Horror Genre- 1960’s
1960’S
FILM CERTIFICATION
THEMES CHARACTERS
NARRATIVE
CONVENTIONS
AUDIENCE APPEAL
The Children (1980 film)
-Age from 12 years and upwards.
five children in a small town who, thanks to a yellow toxic cloud, who got transformed into bloodless zombies with black fingernails who microwave every living thing they put their hands on.
-Adults (help to put things right)-Children (bad)
-Set outside-Near woods-Roads
-Zombies -Not too gruesome so recommended for 12 upwards as it deals with zombies.
Child's Play (1988 film)
PG -Chucky the doll-Little boy-Mother
-Set in a shop-Set in a house-Outside (near trains)
-Scary doll that comes to life-Kills/Murders-Use of violence.
- Aimed at the youth but not too young as it contains bad violence and death.
The Lost Boys Aged 13 upwards. -Horror-Vampires-Fighting
-Brothers-Vampires-Mother
-California -killing/fighting of vampires/slaying
-Aimed at teenage boys and adults.
Horror Genre- 1980’s
1980’S
FILM CERTIFICATION THEMES CHARACTERS NARRATIVE
CONVENTIONS AUDIENCE APPEAL
Orphan film -2009
15 and up -Horror-Death-Romance-Violence-Car accidents-Stabbing-Alcoholism -Child horror
-Orphan child (Esther) Russian girl who was adopted by family-Family of mum, dad, young boy and girl.
-House-Treehouse-Hospital-School
-Blood-Weapons/knives-Esther is originally from a mental hospital. -She has a condition of dwarfism.
Rated R for disturbing violent content, some sexuality and language
Case 39 film-2009
15 and up -Supernatural horror. -Violence-Murder/Death-Child horror
-Adopted young girl (devil child)-Social worker-parents-teachers
-School-Home-Jail-Outside
-Devil child which acts as though she's in trouble-Gets revenge-Kills/murders whoever she gets close to.-Sets fire to the house.
Contains allot of swearing, alcohol and frightening scenes.
The women in black
12 and up -Child horror-Death/murder -Spirts/ ghosts
-Women in black-Lawyer-Children
-Set in a haunted house-In the forest-Different locations of a village
-Conventions of haunted house where scary things happen in-Ghosts/ spirits of young children.-deaths of the children
-aimed at a teenage and adult audience as it deals with ghosts and death.
Horror Genre- 2000’s
2000’S
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