Horror is anancient art form. Horror movies have been a huge success over the years due to the theory that the feeling of being scared brings a thrill and adrenalin. Horror movies have long served both purposes. They deliver thrills by the hearseload, as well as telling us stories of the dark, forbidden side of life and death. They also provide a revealing mirror image of the anxieties of their time. Nosferatu (1922) is not simply a tale of vampirism, but offers heart-rending images of a town beleaguered by premature and random deaths, echoes of the Great War and the Great Flu Epidemic fatalities.
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Horror films aredesigned to deal with our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality. Horror films go back as far as the onset of films themselves, over a 100 years ago. Horror movies first evolved in the late 19 th century, early 20 th century.
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The Grudge TheRing The Exorcist An example of modern day horror films…
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Example; The Orphanage Laura returns to the orphanage where she grew up, accompanied by her husband, Carlos, and their adopted son, Simón. Her plan is to reopen the orphanage as a facility for disabled children. Once there, Simón claims to see a boy named Tomás, whom he befriends and draws as a child wearing a sack mask. Laura is confronted by a boy in a sack mask with the name "Tomás" embroidered onto his shirt. The boy traps her in a bathroom, and when she escapes she finds that Simón is missing. Laura hears unexplainable banging on the walls at home that night. Strange things like death and disappearances continue to happen which are centred around the boy.
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The orphanage isa 2007 Spanish film and the cast includes; Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo and Roger Princep.
