Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Themes of Horror/Thriller

After taking into account my personal experience of our genre I have concluded four main themes that are shown.
·         Torture – An example of this is shown consistently throughout the Saw movies. The main protagonist Jigsaw inflicts a frequent pain on the proposed victims in order to teach them a life lesson in order to improve their life. This is also an example of the theme of moral philosophy.
·         Mind games – This is particularly evident in the thriller genre, examples of this is in Batman, here the audience is constantly processing events and predicting later events, the film attempts to make this prediction incorrect.
·         The Supernatural – The most recent example of this film I have recently viewed is Wolfman. The story is about a man who turns into a werewolf once the moon is full.
·         Death and Murder - Chainsaw manicure is a great example of this. However, although it may seem like the character is killing pointlessly. The story reveals that there is reason behind his actions. This can also be related to the area of revenge.

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