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What are horror movies?
The horror movies termionology is nearly as old as movies itself. Horror movies are a
sequence of events that depicts elements of horror and trauma. This
cinematic genre incorporates a number of themes that include slashers,
vampires, zombie, monsters, serial killers, alien mind control, evil
children, animals attacking humans, haunted houses and a range of other
fear-inspiring characters. Horror movies are nothing more than a fear and situation
of trauma for some people to watch at in it but at the same time
majority of the viewers doo enjoy the thriling facter in it.
Early horror movies often drew inspiration from characters and stories
from classic literature, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The
Wolf Man, The Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. With
the dramatic changes in technology that occurred in the 1950s, the tone
of horror movies shifted away from the gothic towards science fiction.
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Some of the best horror movies from past:
Jaws (1975) [Horror Movies] Martin Brody is the new police chief of Amity, an island resort town somewhere in New England. He has a wife named Ellen, and two sons named Michael and Sean. On a Summer morning, Brody is called to the beach, where the mangled body of Summer vacationer Chrissie Watkins has washed ashore. The medical examiner tells Brody that it could have been a shark that killed Watkins. Mayor Larry Vaughn, who is desperate to not lose the money that will be brought in by 4th of July tourists, wants Brody to say Watkins's death was caused by a motorboat propeller instead of a shark, because the thought of a shark in Amity's waters would drive tourists away from Amity. It looks like Vaughn is a mayor who puts money ahead of people's lives. Halloween (1978) [Horror Movies] On a cold Halloween night in Haddonfield, Illinois in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his teenage sister after she had sex with her boyfriend. Michael is then locked inside Smith's Grove Warren County Sanitarium where he is placed under the care of Dr. Sam Loomis who is the only one who sees the pure evil within the soul of Michael. In October 1978, Michael escapes from the sanitarium. After witnessing the escape, Dr. Loomis heads back to Haddonfield where he knows Michael will kill again on Halloween night. Michael begins stalking three teenagers, Laurie Strode and her friends Annie and Lynda. With the help of the town sheriff, Loomis hunts for Michael and hopes to put an end to his grisly murder spree. Dead By Dawn (1998) [Horror Movies] It was the best of times... When Tim Marsh has a chance encounter with old high school buddy Don White, his life changes forever. Tim and his wife Wendy quickly find themselves drawn into Don's world, a dizzying orgy of exclusive parties, exotic cars and beautiful women. In the hills high above Hollywood, life is a party that never stops. For Tim, who has struggled since high school, the good times are alluring and seductive. But the good times are not what they seem. As the Marsh's are sucked deeper and deeper into Don's world, they soon discover that they cannot go back. Manipulation and seduction lead to blackmail, deception, and before long, a brutal murder. The Evil Dead (1981) [Horror Movies] Five friends go to a cabin in the woods for a vacation. They discover The Book of the Dead and a tape recorder belonging to a professor, who also owns the cabin. One of them plays back what is recorded on the tape-- which just happens to be Candarian resurrection passages translated from the Necronomicon (Book of the Dead) by the professor, which unleashes an evil force from the woods. The people start turning into evil deadites, and the others soon learn from the tape that the only way to kill a person who is turned into a deadite is by total body dismemberment. People are dying left and right; one girl early in the film looses control and runs off into the woods, only to be frightened by the trees. Dracula (1992) [Horror Movies] This version of Dracula is closely based on Bram Stoker's classic novel of the same name.
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