...minds, once in a while. King stated that many of us are insane, and that the only thing keeping us from an asylum is the power to keep those sickening thoughts to ourselves. Stephen Kings writing was to explain these natural and human thoughts to the public and critics. That sometimes going to a horror movie is to prove to yourself that you can endure the torture ahead. A horror movie can be best related to a roller coaster, says Stephen King. You wait in that line to go onto to something that will most surely scare you, but, you embrace the fear and prove you are tough enough to do it. In another since, everyone is testing their own limits as to what they can endure. This article is intended for all ages alike, from the very old to the very young. From an early age I can remember always wanting to see a horror movie. But, my parents would not let me see one until they thought I was old enough, which was when I turned twelve and saw the original, “The Thing”. At such and age you are influenced by your peers to see who can keep their eyes open during the scariest scenes. I think that Stephen King targeted all audiences of every age, and to explain why people everywhere enjoy a good horror movie. Some of the external factors in Stephen Kings writing was the facts of real killers who, without remorse, carried out the sick scenes...
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...with it's economy & the possibilty of a great future for the people that live in it. Then the other America, which isn't too far away from the first America, looks like it lacks a future for the people in it. He then goes in greater detail on how America is seems to divide itself between the rich and the poor. He talks about how capitalism is the down fall of us, how capitalism measures things by profit. Mr.Simon understands the functioing and neccesary of unions. Unions were what brought people togther when they felt injustice was amoung them. Unions helped workers realize that they were worth more and that they had to stand up for themselves if they wanted to be treated equally. More or less, Mr.Simon talks aout how America is becoming "a horror show" because it's killing its self. He uses examples such as the hunting of the underclass and how basic services are being cut off like public education. Not only is America killing itself but its also punishing its people. The imprisonment rate in America is higher then any other county on earth. These facts are facts that many people are aware of but rarely are they put together in such a way that strikes us with grief and fear as the way that Mr.Simon has done. Finally, he talks about the market & how "amazing" it is. He talks about the ignorant idea that the market will save the environmemt & solve racial divisions & many other things. He fears that this kind of thought process is only going to dig us into a bigger hole that'll be...
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..."American Horror Story: Cult" Unveils the fear behind the 2016 election In 2016, a wave of clown sightings was seen all over the world. Sightings were recorded showing frightening clowns outside of people's houses, on the streets, and even in the woods trying to lure children. As this was all happening, I couldn’t help but to think about how this reminded me of the upcoming election; the menacing clowns and the political figure who sparked distaste, and frightened a large number of people in the United States. Both had become powerful and wrathful as they emerged to create fear. Ryan Murphy's new season of "American Horror Story: Cult", captures the fears of the election while evoking the scary uprising of a cult that terrorizes its town. At the start of the show, Ally (Sarah Paulson) is watching the election with her close family and friends. When Donald Trump is elected as President, she is filled with disappointment and terror, and she cries uncontrollably. On the other side of town Kai (Evan Peeters) is also watching the election, and as Donald Trump is elected he yells " The revolution has begun." Kai and Ally both believe that the United States is going downhill, but Kai thinks that he can help fix it. Ally's main fear behind the election is the conservative...
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...The most recent season of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story takes place in Downtown Los Angeles in the Hotel Cortez, owned by the Countess (Lady Gaga). This season centers around Detective John Lowe (Wes Bentley) as he investigates a series of murders and is tipped off that the Hotel Cortez could be a place of interest. As this is American Horror Story, the Hotel Cortez isn’t just any old and creepy hotel but rather an old and creepy hotel with zombies/ghosts/vampires/generally-unspecific-undead-creatures running around. And despite the obvious creepiness, New York fashion designer, Will Drake (Cheyenne Jackson) still bought the place from the Countess (Gaga) with the intent on making is his own fashion boutique/atelier. As this is the first...
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...Horror stories are most thrilling for your audience when you include elements of tragedy, atmosphere, and suspense. This is because they do particularly well at putting an audience on edge. For the pretense of your story, it is best to use a tragic initial incident or a series of grave missteps. This method will effectively enthrall your audience, but unnerve them as well. If you're lucky, it might just irritate them too, in the sense that the characters will have made incredibly stupid mistakes. For example, Charlie walked towards the creepy whispering noise. Doing that specifically hooks the audience effectively, and makes them want to read more. They will also likely feel a sense of impending doom after the incident, for if that was...
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...American Horror Story, better known as AHS, is one show that has horror written all over it. After four seasons of terror, it was time to add the fifth season: American Horror Story Hotel. Season five began airing this fall, and just after the first few episodes people around the country were hooked. This season would keep people eager to watch every Wednesday night just to see what was going to happen next. This show provides all the right materials to fit a horror genre: scary scenes, violent and bloody scenes, scary atmosphere, a good story, unseen events, values at stake, a monster, and a hero. While watching an episode of AHS, viewers are warned about the scary and violent content of the show. This warning should not be taken lightly. From the very beginning of the season, every episode has had its own twist of horror and gore. The setting of AHS:Hotel is the Hotel Cortez located in Los Angeles. In the opening scene of episode one it features two swedish girls that find a creature hiding in the bed of their hotel room.This scene could make anyone want to stay up all night just to make sure there was not a monster underneath his or her covers. During...
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...was written as a short horror story known as “The Pale Man” by Julius Long which told the story in the perspective of a professor’s assistant living in a hotel constantly being curious about his mysterious neighbor, who turned out to be death itself. Like any other horror story, “The Pale Man” contains many average elements that are considered “scary”. The three most obvious horror elements that are easily examinable involve daily life spiraling into something terrible, suspenseful doubts, and death. It’s always unnerving whenever something horrible and uncontrollable happens, which is why this horrific element was included in “The Pale Man”. The protagonist’s humble life grows more eerie as his mysterious neighbor was moving closer and closer to him. The source of this haunting moment comes from his previous neighbor, an old woman who disappeared as soon as the pale man lived in her room, thus creating a sense of suspense and uneasiness....
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...Theme: Horror/Suspense Setting: A typical boy’s room- dirty and messy. The only light source would be the computer. Most used part would be the computer table/desktop. Characters: Gio- The main character, a slouchy procrastinator student who was writing and cramming a paper. Stranger- No fact was known other than he is implied to be a ghost or spirit a hint of it’s appearance. • Page 1 Panel 1: Paneling- 1/3 of the page horizontally (most of computer screens are horizontally oriented) A close up shot of a computer monitor, Microsoft word is the open application with only his name on it and a title “A Horror Story” Panel 2: Paneling- 1/3 of the page horizontally Gio leaning on his palm looking bored/thinking (shot from monitor’s POV), with a gleam of the only light source which is the monitor on his face. Thought Bubble: Ahhh, damn. I’ve been doing this for two days now. Panel 3: Paneling- 1/3 of the page horizontally A zoom up shot of the computer clock with “11:11pm” on it. Thought Bubble(top right side): 11:11 do you work, please send me a spirit and have him type his story! • Page 2 Panel 1: Paneling- 1/3 horizontally, 2/3 of the first tier. Gio face palming, same shot from page 1, panel 2. Thought Bubble(bottom left part): Who am I kidding? Wake up kid! Panel 2: inset, remaining of the first tier Gio reaching to the right for the coffee mug in the study table, back shot with him on the center. Thought Bubble(left side of the...
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...Throughout the tale of The Monkey’s Paw, the weather, similar sinister contrasts in atmosphere, death and fore-shadowing in the re-incarnation of another, are constantly intertwined to provide the perfect detail in aspect of tension and horror surrounding ‘The Monkey’s Paw.’ The use of such outlooks creates an in-sight into the life of the White family without necessarily stating the obvious, allowing us to understand their undulating journey through mystery and misery combined. Weather and overall environment play a huge role in this somewhat staged life belonging to the White family. As soon as you commence scrutinizing the first page, without having even to deduce the sly connotations imprinted, the weather springs out in your mind to set the ideal scene: darkness, dreariness and death. From the very first to the very last, contrast is used to constantly unsettle your mind, most specifically in the turbulent weathering systems: “Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnum Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly.” The striking definition and distinction betwixt both internal and external night ‘life’ is most certainly one of eeriness. The hostility of a stormy night that is almost automatically referenced to the damp and bitterness of the evening creates an apprehension of misfortune and death; the era in which the novel was written was also one of suspicion and most likely would have regarded such a night to be as arid...
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...English Homework. 19/2/14 During times of great hardship and sadness throughout the U.K, there lived a young 9 year old boy named AJ. He had a rough childhood, growing up on the streets of a depressing and crime-ridden council estate in South London, only having his mother and older sister to take care of him (since unfortunately his father was a victim to a seemingly normal gang murder, with 5 members of the notorious crew named ‘Terror Squad’ being the identified suspects of a reported vengeance attack. After it was confirmed that AJ’ father owed the crew’s kingpin leader £10,000 after losing a bet, in which he fled and tried to evade not paying. But time finally caught up with him and he’s now gone.) However, AJ’ sister (a couple of years later) left the still grieve-stricken family in order to head to university in York and pursue her dreams of becoming a successful nurse for hospitals not just in England but around the world. All in order to hopefully enough gain money to send to her beloved family and rescue them from further painful and suffering times laying ahead of them at the hands of cold-hearted criminals in the rough council estate known as Trey Lane. Due to AJ’ father and now his sister both leaving the Stewart household, AJ’ mum has now resulted to using addictive and life-threating drugs such as cocaine and heroin all in order to supress the pain and worrying of problems her and her family will face such as debt, crime and even death threats Who is there to...
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...would you still consider using something evil, even though someone already warned you about the dangers that will come? If you would still accept it what would you wish for? What would you do if things don’t turn out how you thought it was going to be? So would you or would you not accept the artifact? In the popular story “the monkey’s paw” by W.W Jacobs a family is broken apart after they are given a cursed talisman that grants you wishes. But little of what they know that every wish would have a bad consequence. Mr. White friend major Morris has given them the paw to make wishes but explain to them that the paw is evil and they shouldn’t have helped. The evidence will show that major Morris is responsible for Herbert’s death. He...
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...the short story of the Monkey's Paw has many differences. The scenes, characters the humor and dialogue all altered. The director improved the story of the Monkey's Paw in the movie by adding more scenes and the characters had more personality. The music played in the movie added more suspense too. Specific scenes where different moods were set, created that suspense. The humor used with Herbert was not used in the short story. Herbert picked at Mr.White about the monkey paw being a myth and not being real. The irony showed in that is after Herbert picked fun at his father. After Herbert made a remark then left for work that very morning after the White's wished for five hundred pounds. Herbert got in a horrific accident that day at work. The accident kills him. Later that day a mysterious man arrives at the Whites with the news of their sons death and a letter payment for them from the factory. The payment was five hundred pounds. This bringing the story to its climax after the first wish being made. The music and the actors show more suspense, leaving the watchers think. What's going to happen next? Was it a coincidence they received five hundred pounds? Is the monkey's paw really cursed? The characters in the movie were all the same except a couple were changed in the movie. Sargent Major in the short story came to the Whites to visit because it had been twenty years since he had visited. He was a heavy drinker, had even three whiskeys just before telling his story about the...
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...the short story of the Monkey's Paw has many differences. The scenes, characters the humor and dialogue all altered. The director improved the story of the Monkey's Paw in the movie by adding more scenes and the characters had more personality. The music played in the movie added more suspense too. Specific scenes where different moods were set, created that suspense. The humor used with Herbert was not used in the short story. Herbert picked at Mr.White about the monkey paw being a myth and not being real. The irony showed in that is after Herbert picked fun at his father. After Herbert made a remark then left for work that very morning after the White's wished for five hundred pounds. Herbert got in a horrific accident that day at work. The accident kills him. Later that day a mysterious man arrives at the Whites with the news of their sons death and a letter payment for them from the factory. The payment was five hundred pounds. This bringing the story to its climax after the first wish being made. The characters in the movie were all the same except a couple were changed in the movie. Sargent Major in the short story came to the Whites to visit because it had been twenty years since he had visited. He was a heavy drinker, had even three whiskeys just before telling his story about the "monkeys paw" he had brought to show Mr.White. What changed in the movie was Sargent Major was the Sea Captin. The Sea Captain didn't change much about him from the short story but he wasn't...
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...In the popular horror series, American Horror Story: Freak Show, a character named Jimmy Darling, expressed, They don’t even know us. If they just got to know us they would see we are just like them. What this quote is trying to say is that just because one person is different than the other, it does not mean they are not human. In the show American Horror Story: Freak Show, People are described as “freaks” because they look different than others. When in reality the real “freak” is the serial killer because he is going around slaughtering people, but the members of the Jupiter, Florida community, do not suspect the serial killer, Dandy, to be a suspect, because he is rich and looks ordinary, so instead, the police suspect the “freaks”and...
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...In the popular horror series, American Horror Story: Freak Show, a character named Jimmy Darling, expressed, They don’t even know us. If they just got to know us they would see we are just like them. What this quote is trying to say is that just because one person is different than the other, it does not mean they are not human. In the show American Horror Story: Freak Show, People are described as “freaks” because they look different than others. When in reality the real “freak” is the serial killer because he is going around slaughtering people, but the members of the Jupiter, Florida community do not suspect the serial killer, Dandy, to be a suspect, because he is rich and looks ordinary, so instead, the police suspect the “freaks”and think it is them who is killing all of these people, because they look...
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