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Dark Castle Entertainment is a film production company focused solely on horror films. It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and has produced successful films like The Orphan (2009) and House of Wax (2005). Dark Castle Entertainment was inspired by 1950s-1960s horror filmmaker William Castle and aims to recreate his style with modern films. Their highest earning film is Gothika which made $141.5 million at the box office. In total, Dark Castle Entertainment films have earned around $690.5 million.
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Weapons such as glass, knives, rope, and wire are used in horror films, along with loose costumes and dramatic makeup used mainly in killing scenes. Gore films use extremely detailed storylines and injuries to immerse viewers more deeply in the film. Haunted houses are featured to build tension as the killer lurks in darkened places like woodlands or cellars, waiting to attack victims amid alerting sounds. A common storyline sees the villain killing many but one, usually the main character, survives as the "last girl standing".
Bully Presentation
This document summarizes the key aspects of the video game "Bully". It is targeted towards 15+ year olds who are in or have finished secondary school. Promotion of the game included TV commercials, magazine covers, and posters. Key features are that it is an open-world sandbox game with extra missions, lessons, and opportunities to purchase new outfits. The game was developed by Rockstar Vancouver and Rockstar New England and released on PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii platforms. However, the game does not involve any convergence of different media forms.
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- 1. Institution.<br />A few well known horror productions include Hammer film productions; New Line Cinema and Lions gate Films. Hammer Film productions has recently released a horror film called ‘Let me in’ that was reviewed as 7.3 out of 10 on an average and has been reviewed to show more than just fright.<br />The main horror production we have decided to take most interest in however is ‘Dark Castle Entertainment’. This production is based solely on horror films, unlike New Line Cinema and Lions Gate Films. Dark Castle Entertainment has produced films such as The Orphan( 2009), House Of Wax (2005) and Unknown( 2011), which is out this February.<br />Dark Castle was named after William Castle the horror filmmaker from the 1950’s to the 1960’s. When they first created this company, they wanted to create all of William’s films, almost as if they had had an upgrade. However once they had re-created two films, they decided to work on original material and create other horror films.<br />Dark Castle Entertainment is a small production of Warner Bros. This production has been created only for the Horror genre. Warner Bros has released some horror films as Warner Bros such as Twilight Zone: The Movie, which is a sci-fi horror.<br />Dark Castle Entertainment’s biggest achievement was the production of Gothika, which gave a total of $141,591,324. This was by far the most they had earned, with Orphan as the second most successful, which gave a total of $78,337,373.<br />As a whole Dark Castle Entertainment has earned an estimated $690,500,000 and is continuing to rise. <br /> <br /> <br />