horror

1. Nosferatu (1958) Horror Of Dracula
(1958)
Dracula (1992) Twilight (2008-12) Let the Right One
in (2008)
• His appearance is creepy
• Movement is slow in comparison
to modern vampires
• Certain objects in the castle
emphasis the vampire genre such
as skeletons, coffin and gargoyles
• Tall, broad shoulders, stiff to
appear intimidating
• Wears black which connotes death
and darkness
• extremely pale
• Hands appear to have claws which
clearly show he’s a monster and
differs to humans
• Blood thirsty
• Physically repulsive, has
animalistic features
• Lives alone in a castle which
isolates him from everyone else
• creepy sinister soundtrack
• gothic horror film
• hideous face
• Count Orlok preying upon his
victims in the night
• Stereotypical vampire
from cartoons e.g. fangs,
cape which is red and
black, gelled back hair
• the red & black colours on
his cape symbolise death
and blood
• Smartly dressed
• posh
• Lives in castle
• appears to look more
human but distinct
features such as the
pointy teeth shows the
difference between him
and humans
• He’s better looking than
the previous vampire
• High pitched music
• The development that this
film made from
‘Nosferatu’ is that the
characters speck now
• Handsome
• emotional (feels love)
• Passionate
• Smartly dressed
• Shape-shifter
• Dramatic
• more theatrical
• scarier
• This Dracula seems to
have a strong Italian
accent
• There appears to be a
lot of iconography in
the castle such as
candles, gargoyles,
grand looking mirrors
and crosses
• Demon creatures
• Represented as hero’s
• Now these modern
vampires can transfer
venom when sucking
blood from humans which
turns humans into
vampires
• Better looking, for sexual
appeal which is a
difference to the previous
vampire movies
• Unlike other vampires
these can go out in
daylight but they sparkle
in the sun
• in love
• Has enemies (other
vampires and
werewolves)
• This vampire film also
differs to other
conventional vampire
films because of the
modern twist e.g. stylish
glass house
• Looks innocent
(child)
• This film was the
first vampire film to
have a child as the
main killer
• gory
• needs blood
• lives amongst
humans in a
modern society
which is not
isolated (flats)-
Institutional theme
• This vampire isn’t a
specific gender
• Lonely, longs for
companion/attentio
n so we feel
sympathy for the
vampire