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The Hollywood Reporter | 6 days ago
Kilo scaring up 'One by One' film
...Seilhamer. Sheri Reeves, Kirkland and Tait are producers. Rachel Witherspoon is associate producing. Kilo scaring up 'One by One' film Horror movie to star Douglas Tait, Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland Horror actors Douglas Tait ("Freddy vs....
In this article: Sally Kirkland, Horror movie, Tony Todd, Candyman, and Freddy vs. Jason
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TIME | November 15, 2009
'Paranormal Activity' Review: A Horror-Film Phenomenon
...because fiction demands an ending, resolve it. The threat is provided, the fear made flesh, the monster confronted. All gone feel better? Horror movies provide vicarious psychotherapy in an hour and a half. PA is different. At the end, it...
In this article: The Blair Witch Project, Steven Spielberg, Morgan Fisher, Claustrophobia, and Psychotherapy
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New Kerala | November 14, 2009
Paranormal Activity grosses 100million dollars at US box office
London, November 14 : Horror film 'Paranormal Activity,' which was made in a limited budget of 15,000 dollars, has gone on to amass 100million dollars at the US box office. The film had in fact raised 22million dollars in its first...
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The Huffington Post | November 05, 2009
Rachel Sklar: Horror Chick: Why Do We Like Scary Movies?
Read More: Alien, Cujo, Eli Roth, Final Girl, Friday The 13th, Halloween, Horror Chick, Horror Movies, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jaws, John Carpenter, Mediaite, Melissa Lafsky, Nightmare On Elm Street, Rachel Sklar, Rosemary's Baby, Scream, Slither,...
In this article: Horror, Melissa Lafsky, Rosemary's Baby, Halloween, The Exorcist, Army of Darkness, Cobra, Anaconda, and Friday the 13th
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Bleacher Report | October 31, 2009
Five Horror Movies that Resemble the Cleveland Browns 2009 Season
...1-6, it's appropriate to compare this team to several different horror movies that have graced the Silver Screen over the years. Horror movies tap into our base fears and play up those fears to achieve a dramatic effect. That effect...
In this article: Cleveland Browns, Horror movies, Eric Mangini, Halloween, Cowboys, Dolphins, The Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, Rams, and Atlanta Falcons
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L.A. Times - Movie News | October 30, 2009
Honored Horror: A century (sort of) of Oscar-nominated fright films
To bring our series on award-winning and nominated horror films and television episodes to a close, here's a complete list of every terror title (or ones with frightening elements) to receive an Oscar nomination, starting with 1932's "Dr....
In this article: The Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Pan's Labyrinth, Oscar, Stan Winston, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Poltergeist
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BBC News | October 30, 2009
Hammer Horror star Lee knighted
...by the Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Best known for his performances opposite Peter Cushing in the Hammer Horror movies, Sir Christopher has featured in 250 productions. He was honoured for services to drama and to...
In this article: Christopher Lee, Breast cancer, Nicole Cooke, Kenny Dalglish, Horror, Prince of Wales, and Wales
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Kansas City Star | October 29, 2009
Horror movies will not die
...be the smartest of genres and one of the laziest,” says Denver Film Society programming manager Keith Garcia. </p><p> With so many horror films seeming like a long night of movies that just won’t die, it’s good to mark the...
In this article: Horror, Halloween, Moviefone, Toxin, Cirque du Freak, and Iowa
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New Kerala | October 28, 2009
Horror Icon Lee Hates 'Obscene' Modern Horror
...movie icon SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE has branded modern fright films 'obscene'. The British actor, who was a regular in the cult Hammer horror films of the 1960s and 1970s, tells CNN that movies like the Saw franchise, The Hills Have Eyes,...
In this article: Christopher Lee, Horror, Halloween, Rosemary's Baby, Roman Polanski, The Hills Have Eyes, Cabin Fever, and CNN
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Reuters | October 21, 2009
Horror movie marks MTV's drive into scripted shows
...we are now on the cusp of the next defining moment for MTV," DiSanto said. Friday's premiere of "My Super Psycho Sweet 16", a horror movie inspired by the hit MTV reality series "My Super Sweet 16", is the first of four original movies...
In this article: MTV, Tony DiSanto, Skins, Horror movie, U.S., Tax, Turn the Beat Around, Nielsen Company, Viacom Inc., and Made
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Horror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness. Many horror movies also include a central villain.
Early horror movies are largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
More recent horror films, in contrast, often draw inspiration from the insecurities of life after World War II, giving rise to the three distinct, but related, sub-genres: the horror-of-personality Psycho film, the horror-of-armageddon Invasion of the Body Snatchers film, and the horror-of-the-demonic The Exorcist film.
The last sub-genre may be seen as a modernized transition from the earliest horror films, expanding on their emphasis on supernatural agents that bring horror to the world.
Horror films have been dismissed as violent, low budget B movies and exploitation films. Nonetheless, all the major studios and many respected directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski, Stanley Kubrick, William Friedkin, Richard Donner, and Francis Ford Coppola have made forays into the genre. Serious critics have analyzed horror films through the prisms of genre theory and the auteur theory. Some horror films incorporate elements of other genres such as science fiction, fantasy, mockumentary, black comedy, and thrillers.
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