MY FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE

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PLOT

Friends Emmett, Freddy, Marie and Kevin, with his reluctant girlfriend Jessie, decide to spend one Halloween night in an abandoned and allegedly haunted hospital. Meanwhile, the younger Allan meets an old friend of his father, Arlo Ray Baines, and asks for his help in finding his sister Meg, who inexplicably vanished from the same hospital. The two groups meet each other in the mental ward of the haunted third floor and soon discover that they are trapped inside the building. Jessie begins to experience disturbing visions from the past and discovers that the ghost of Jacob, a former patient who killed a little girl and burned the hospital, is possessing their bodies in order to escape his earthly prison.

WHY DID I LIKE IT?

The piece of film that we liked is when some guys say: is not dangerous in the hospital and once inside began to fear.

COMIC RELIEF

What is the comic relief?
Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama.

Why is it often used in horror films?
Comic relief often takes the form of a bumbling,wisecracking sidekick of the hero or villain in a work of fiction.

Do you remember in horror film? Can you think of an example? 
 Yes, I remember is the Scary Movie

SUPENSE

Who's the the director director of this movie Psycho?
The directos of this movie is Alfred Hitchcock

What type of characters did he often use in horror film?
He often use psychopaths or sociopaths who seem to be

What technique did he use with the camera?
This subjective technique, shooting from the killer’s point of view

Elements of the Gothic Novel

1-Who invented the G.N?

The gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole.

2-What was the first G.N?

The first gothic novel was The Castle of Otranto (1764) writting by Horace Walpole.

3-When was it first published?

Was first published in 1764

4-Wich basic elements of horror didn't you include on your list? 

-Setting in a castle.

-An atmosphere of mystery and suspense.

-An ancient prophecy .

-Omens, portents, visions.

-Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events.

-High, even overwrought emotion.

-Women in distress. 

-Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male.

-The metonymy of gloom and horror.