The marketing behind 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (1974)

1. We know its going to be a horror film by the colours used and the way it is placed on the poster. by the words, text they use to the props they have. boldness - text & colour.
2. This indicates to a viewer that the genre will be horror due to things such as blood on the clothes & the location the actor in. isolation.
3. The sub-genre of this would be a slasher because the chainsaw becomes a knife.
4. Text makes the viewers feel involved, unsafe. not too many words keep audience guessing.

Analysing Carrie

Today we learnt about theorys .. introducing Propp & Todorov

Here is a presentation about the theories from Propp and Todorov

Analysing Psycho

List of horror films from 1920 - 2013

Key horror movies from 1920 to 2013

Nosferatu - 1922
Dracula -1931
Freaks - 1932
Bride of Frankenstein - 1935
Psycho - 1960
The Haunting - 1963
Night of the Living Dead - 1968
The Exorcist - 1973
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 1974
Jaws - 1975
Suspiria - 1977
Halloween - 1978
Dawn of the Dead - 1978
Alien - 1979
Friday the 13th - 1980
The Shining - 1980
The Evil Dead - 1981
An American Werewolf in London - 1981
Poltergeist 1982
The Thing - 1982
A Nightmare on Elm Street - 1984
The Fly - 1986
Silence of the Lambs - 1991
Scream - 1996
The Bride of Chucky - 1998
The Blair Witch Project - 1999
Final Destination - 2000
28 Days Later - 2002
The Ring -2002
Saw - 2004
The Orphanage - 2007
Paranormal Activity - 2007
Let the Right One In - 2008
Insidious - 2010
Sinister - 2012

Review: Misery (1990)

Review on ‘Misery’

Misery is a thrilling psychological horror based on a novel names ‘Stephen King’ starring James Caan and Kathy Bates directed by Rob Reiner. this film was released in 1990 and is available  for purchase by consumers interested.

The film is based around two main characters Paul Sheldon played by James Caan a prestige novelist and his over preppy possessed “number one fan” Annie Wilkes played by Kathy Bates. the film starts of with shots of very specific items of a glass, wine, a cigarette, a match and a typewriter and of course Caan himself. shortly after the film credits begin and there is a snow blizzard, typical horror setting, a crash and this is where Bathes is introduced. She pull Caan out from the now upside down crashed car and into her house to nurse. what Caan thought was a loving act from a citizen who just happened to be his number one fan turned out to be the most horrible experience of his life.

As the film progresses Bates puts Caan in a hospital style bed as she is caring for him however Caan realises that his beloved saviour is also a psychotic fan thats leading him to his death. after finding this he goes through a variety of things to get rid of her but nothing seems to work and when she realises, she straps him down to a bed so he cannot leave his room again. however bathes is not only in love with the books he writes she's found out she's also in love with him claiming she thought she “might go crazy” when she was alone. Ironically tells Caan that they were meant to together as therefore they must die together. however Caan has to finish the last chapters of the books she loves so much and as a ritual he is going to need his three things glass, champagne and cigarette and match. The only question now is does she succeed on her, or is she too in love with Caan to see the signs?

I recommend people to go out and purchase this film if  you are in to psychological horrors and a bit of gore here and there this film is definitely for you. However for an 18 it wasn't as scary as I expected it to be, but more shocking. the shock factor is definitely more subtle compared to slasher films. so if you're a first time horror film viewer, this could definitely be for you. ultimately this film is about two people playing mind games on each other until someone fails.

Introduction to A2 media

Hi, my name is Ellesha and this is my A2 horror media blog. On this blog I will explore the horror genre, post trailers and anything I learn in my lessons and out that I find out.

In the first lesson I had we spoke about the course I will be doing and what goes into it.
I will be creting a promotional package for a new film including:-

• the trailer
• a film magazine cover (featuring the film)
• a poster for the film

NEW WORD ALERT!!! (in this case key term)
Media language = the way the camera and the music tell the story