Horror

To me, horror films were just scary movies about serial killers. I had no idea that there were so much criteria needed to be considered a horror movie. I took this class because I thought it would help me get over my fear of horror films. I’m not a big fan of the scenes when the killers pop out of no where and scare the crap out of you. I did enjoy the classic films from the early 1900’s. Mainly because they were more funny than scary.
I don’t understand the fascination people have with horror films. Why would you purposely put yourself in a situation that you know is going to frighten you and leave you with nightmares? I am still trying to figure out why people get scared of creatures that you know don’t exist. Is it the way they look? Is it the thrill of being scared? I think it is mainly the suspense that keeps everyone coming back to see this movies. They enjoy getting scared. It is the same for people who ride roller coasters. That is what gets these people off, pure suspense.
The monster in the film plays the most important role. They way the monster looks can make or break the movie. If the monster is too fake it could ruin the entire movie. No one will be frightened if they can’t even imagine this monster to be realistic. To me, there a couple of factors that each monster should have. One, it doesn’t have to be real, but it has to appear realistic. These monsters that never die and get cut in half and still come back are kind of ridiculous. They must be able to eventually die. They can’t live forever.
One of the best scary films I have seen is Halloween. When I first saw it, it scared the crap out of me. They chose the best mask for Mike Myers to wear. Something about it was just creepy. It only cost $325,000 to make, and as of 2008 has grosses 150 million. That is insane how well it has done.
Carroll has three main things that make a movie considered an art-horror film. The first one is that you have to be physically agitated by the movie. Screaming would count for this. The screaming would have to be because you were scare by the thought of the monster as a real being. The monster has to appear to be impure, and you will have no desire to touch the monster. I think if these requirements were put into any horror film, it would make a pretty scary monster.