...Male Monster in Halloween and Halloween H2O” wrote by Kelly Connelly, introduces a new idea about women in slasher films. In the article, Connelly states that women in films dealing with slashing, will have to learn and be able to face the masculine traits of the killer to be able to surive and be the “Final Girl” (13). Kelly uses the movies Halloween, Halloween 2, and Halloween H2O to describe the relationship that is used in each of these movies. The relationship she describes is the female-male relationship, which would be considered the male killer and the Final Girl (13, 14). A few traits that Connelly describes that the “final girl” has is that she is never sexually active and she often acts more like a boy than a woman. If she sees something that is not normal or is out of the ordinary then she is automatically assured to go check to see what it is which causes her to receive the traits of being smart and attentive of her surroundings (14). Clover has come to see that Laurie achieves empowerment as the final girl based on her ability to stay alive long enough to be rescued in the first film, Halloween (14). But twenty years later in Halloween H2O Laurie had become of age as the true final girl” by assuming the male characteristics of her attacker, which would be a necessary step in defeating the slasher film monster. The lessons Laurie learned in Halloween and Halloween 2 will permit her to finally triumph as the final girl by defeating the male monster in Halloween H20...
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...Boogla-Boogla August 19, 2012 Boogla-Boogla Halloween is a time of year when monsters, ghouls, and goblins roam the streets at night. In actuality, they’re usually just children or young adults dressed up to get Halloween candy in the scariest costumes they can imagine. Some dress as monsters their parents may have told them about during a bedtime story, while others dress as the most popular villain in the movies. Many people dress up as ghosts for Halloween because they either believe in ghosts, or they imagine it would scare everyone else. One might ask themselves, “What would I do if one of these fictitious creatures came to life?” or “What if a creature that I’ve never even heard of before just magically appeared?” Well, let me tell you the story about one of the scariest monsters you will ever hear of--the story of Boogla-Boogla! Boogla-Boogla was formed, not by being born or having been murdered and coming back as a ghost, but by campfire stories. Parents would take their children and their children’s friends camping, and as nightfall began to fall, they would light a fire at camp and tell the scariest stories they could think of while roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. Those late-night stories actually formed a monster in early autumn of 1985. It didn’t really have a name until a parent, who was hiding waiting to scare one of his children, uttered out the name, “Boogla-Boogla!” Boogla-Boogla was first thought to be a ghost since he always hung around...
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...Nightmare Before Christmas argument essay Have you ever realized that most of the characters in the nightmare before Christmas movie are monsters? Most people think nightmare before Christmas is a Christmas movie, but some think it is Halloween.I think Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie because the presents were spooky it was released around Halloween time and most of the songs were Halloween related. First, I think it is a Halloween movie because when they were making presents for the children they were alarming. My first reason is they used monsters for presents to give to the children for Christmas.The presents they gave to the children were horrifying because they made loud noises and ran after the children.They also made also...
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...in his article “Why Monsters Have Become Alien to Us” originally appearing in the Christianity magazine, U.S. Catholic (1996), argues that monsters, especially in modern movies, are simply a representation of humans and our disconnection to needy individuals in the real world. McCormick supports his argument by comparing classic monster tales with characters of a certain depth and humanity, such as Count Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster, that grabs at the compassionate hearts of audiences to contemporary films that often include a united human race defeating alien-like monsters without hesitation. The purpose of McCormick’s essay is to show how most people treat monsters, no matter how they were created or place themselves in this world, in order to answer the question of whether monsters reside within us. Given the article's location in a sophisticated magazine, McCormick aims this essay at an educated audience interested in the human need to destroy, rather than accept, monsters. 1. There are many reasons why monster stories have endured popularity over the years. One reason McCormick points out is the action and adrenaline associated with modern movies. He claims that these movies tend to be designed for theme park rides and video games since they are all about the fight or flight response that adrenaline. The contemporary...
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...The amount of marketing that these costumes have is shocking compared to previous branded shows like Bratz which had no Halloween costumes at all. Ten years ago the show Bratz was just as popular as Monster High. While both Monster High and Bratz female characters wore revealing clothes, the clothes on the Bratz dolls are not as prominent because their large heads and feet drew the attention away from their clothes. Monster High characters on the other hand have longer legs and arms with regular sized heads so their clothes stand out more. What this shows is the trend of noticeable sexualization increasing. In the same respect, Vogue also supports the unequal sexualization of females while setting the standard for beauty and trendy clothes . An example of this is seen in the April 2011 issue of the magazine. The cover features Rihanna in a skin tight sheer dress with slight floral prints that cover her nipples and the crotch area. The dress additionally has a deep v neck cut that reveals a lot of cleavage...
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...On the night of Halloween kids wanted to go to Ashland berry farms and have fun. The kids decided to go to a forest. So Lilly, Phil, Tim, and Ryan drove to Blacksburg to have a little fun, as they were having a good time. They were talking, laughing, and dancing around to future and all of a sudden the car just make a loud B O O M! Then suddenly the car just stopped, everyone panicked…. They all got out of the car afraid and nervous as they walked slowly to the front of the car, hearts were pounding and everyone was on edge but they knew they had to look under the hood. They all looked frighten at each other as tommy opens up the hood slowly while having a flashback to his traumatized childhood, it was horrible. It all started when Ryan was 8 and the sweetest little boy that anyone could love. He didn’t deserve what changed his life forever. It was a dark and gloony Halloween and Ryan was playing on his dads farm while his dad was working on his truck, then all of a sudden he seen this big monster that came up and killed his dad. When he was a little kid he used to have nightmares about the same big monster that came in and was trying to kill him. Ryan knew it was coming after him next so he took off running and running until he got home....
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...of delight fill the otherwise empty streets of your neighborhood. An aura of love and togetherness bubbles throughout the town, and the crisp autumn weather sends a tingle of joy down your spine. Chocolate stained hands and sugar filled kisses are passed around, adding to the vibe that is full of creativity and wonder. It’s what everyone looks forward to year after year, and even when wrinkles appear on your sagging face and your features seem to darken, it will always fabricate pure joy. Halloween, also known as “All Hallows Eve”, is a tradition that you will find some form of wherever you go. Throughout the years, this holiday has caused controversy among the religious. Is Halloween really a celebration for Satan? Or simply an entertaining and creative way to show your true colors? People tend to focus on the fact that costumes are sometimes gory or frightening. Another way to think about it is that we are basically mocking Satan and showing him that we aren’t afraid of the monsters that he uses to...
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...the event the women prepare food to take to the cemetery for their loved ones that are gone, many believe they come back to cemetery on this day. On November 1st , they light thousands of candles and incenses to help guide the dead to the cemetery. At midnight the dead are supposed to be there. The Day of the Dead, is celebrated during the same time frame as Halloween. Both events are centered on tradition rooted in paying respect to the dead. Though mostly different, a few characteristics of both holidays make them similar. Both Halloween and the Day of the Dead use food as part of the celebration. Halloween involves trick or treating where children knock on doors to receive candy, sweets and treats. Though food is also used during the Day of the Dead, the food is placed on alters at the grave sites of those being remembered during the holiday. In the days and weeks before the Day of the Dead, graves are cleaned and prepared for the festivities. In contrast, graves are avoided during Halloween. Both holidays use ghosts and spirits in celebrations. Halloween tends to use skeletons, zombies, ghost, and monsters, when it comes to celebrating with costumes and decorations. Skeletons are also used in Day of the Dead activities, though...
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...November 2015 Celebration of Halloween Halloween is a celebration that usually takes place on the night of October 31st. Before it evolved into this name it was once called “All Hallows Eve”. ”Today, Halloween is a festival of fun for kids. It is an occasion to dress up as little monsters, ghost or witches” (Why is Halloween Celebrated). Many religious people have their concerns and dislikes toward this holiday. “Over time the custom of adults dressing up as demons changed and the children took over. As they went from house to house they would knock at each house and cry ‘trick or treat’ ” (Why is Halloween Celebrated). But how did all this come about? Halloween dates back to 2,000 years ago. “In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1st as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain” (History of Halloween). During the Celtic festival of Samhain people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward of what they believed were roaming ghosts. “By 43 A.D., the Roman Empire had conquered the majority of Celtic territory” (History of Halloween).While the Romans were ruling the lands there were two festivals, Feralia, a day Romans traditionally commemorate the passing of the dead and the second was to honor Pomona , the Roman goddess of fruit and tree. An apple symbolizes Pomona which explains why the tradition of bobbing for apples is practiced on Halloween. “By the end of the 19th century...
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...The Halloween Festival Halloween is a time of celebration where people wear costumes and party while in masks every once a year. It is a traditional holiday that takes place in most countries around the world. Halloween’s tradition began in Northern Ireland and Modern Britain, and it has spread to most of the countries all over the world. To some countries, Halloween is a formal holiday while to others it is still an informal break. The popularity of this festival continues to increase year after year. Media outlets such as radio, television, and movies have helped the festival to grow into America’s second largest commercial holiday. This growth contributes to bringing in an estimated revenue of around $6.9 billion dollars annually. Most people spend the day watching horror movies, visiting important attractions, theme parks, and having snacks at Halloween theme restaurants. I interviewed an American citizen who has quite a lot of information concerning other countries and his country’s Halloween parties. His name is Trevor A. Jonathan, and he was born in the year 1976 in California, United States of America. He joined Harvard University in the year 2002 and undertook a Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies where he graduated in the year 2005 and joined the United Nation’s travel team. He has participated in a few countries’ Halloween’s holiday such as Russia, South Africa, Brazil, and China during his travel assignments around the world. a) What do you...
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...Keep her proactive and develop her relationship with the others being held. Create tension between those being held. Elevate the suspense about who will live and who will be killed. Right now some of the murders or attacks happen so quickly that there’s no tension created. Crafting strong anticipation that something horrible is about to happen creates good tension. That’s why in most horror films one follows the victim through a dark house waiting for something or someone to jump out (FRIDAY THE 13TH, HALLOWEEN). Building that anticipation creates anxiety and terror in the audience. SAW created great tension by putting characters in impossible moral dilemmas of life and death. The goal of a horror film is to terrify and horrify the audience, as well as the characters. As currently structured, unfortunately, that doesn’t occur. One doesn’t feel like the victims or Belinda are terrified enough. Part of the reason for this is the tone. The dark comedy aspects dilute the suspense and tension. It’s challenging to create a horror-dark comedy. The audience expecting a true horror film will probably not be satisfied. Use some of the other techniques that make for solid horror films: dark, light, noises, shadows, weather, and tease attacks,...
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...first notable horror films, Nosferatu (1922) Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.[1] Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, curses, satanism, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.[2] Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 1890s–1920s 1.2 1930s–1940s 1.3 1950s–1960s 1.4 1970s–1980s 1.5 1990s 1.6 2000s 2 Sub-genres 3 Influences 3.1 Influences on society 3.2 Influences internationally 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links [edit]History [edit]1890s–1920s See also: List of horror films of the 1890s, List of horror films of the 1900s, List of horror films of the 1910s, and List of horror films of the 1920s Lon Chaney, Sr. in The Phantom of the Opera The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by the film pioneer Georges...
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...Blockbuster October 24, only a week before Halloween! I invited my best friend Maddy to my house. We were talking about what we planned on being for Halloween. I told Maddy “my family and I planned on having a star wars themed costume, and we also planned on taking really cute pictures!” “Who from Star Wars are you going to dress up as, Lydia?” Maddy wondered. “I'm choosing to be Princess Leia.” I responded. “Thats adorable!” exclaimed Maddy. “I still have no idea who I am going to… “ Maddy was interrupted by my mom and dad when they called us downstairs to talk to us about something they heard on the news. “Lydia, Maddy, I don't think it's the greatest idea for us to go trick or treating this Year.” “But Mom! Dad!” Lydia cried, “WHY!...
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...The Jersey Devil Monster has reportedly been caught on camera in the New Jersey Pinelands, but the public is still torn on whether to consider the sighting real or just a hoax. Residents of Galloway Township in New Jersey have been talking about the mysterious winged creature that was photographed and caught on video flying through the Pinelands. The cryptid called the Jersey Devil Monster has largely remained a legend until lately, when a local security guard reported a sighting of the creature, according to iDigital Times. Dave Black, a resident of Little Egg Harbor Township, recalled how he was driving past the Galloway golf course on Route 9 when he caught sight of what he first thought was a llama. In his email to NJ.com, Black said he...
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...After we got our cinnamon and diabetes coated bread sticks we were just cruising around the park when all of a sudden we all heard a laugh similar to the laugh of the Vampire Count Von Count from Sesame street and a following announcement that said “Itʻs six ʻo clock. The monsters have been unleashed. Watch your back”. Me, being the scaredy cat I am, started freaking out and hid behind my friends as we walked to a new ride not knowing what was going to happen. Keep in mind this was about two weeks before Halloween. What we didnʻt know at the time is that during the Halloween season, Bush Gardenʻs had actors dressed up as “scary” monsters and they would scare the people roaming the amusement park. As we were walking, trying to find a ride that we didnʻt have to wait half an hour in line for… Confused at what was just announced on the speakers above us not so long ago, a mist of white smoke began to surround the area surrounding us. All of a sudden, three “goblins...
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