first up, Stanley Kubrick. I loved '2001 space oddessy', and 'A clockwork orange', and I even loved 'The Shining', although I watched it through the gaps between my fingers.
The Shining was a terrifying horror film, filled with (for me) lots of jump scares from the character Johnny. He was an increasingly horrifying character, who's murderous antics kept me awake the nights after I watched it.
The shining focused mainly on the supernatural, the themes adapted from the Stephan King book. This left the audience (me) absolutely terrified, and afraid of visiting a hotel for a while. This particular use of the supernatural hit home more so than say a film like the exorcist or oujia, as it featured a family, who were 'normal', even though struggling with their own family problems. However, I feel that this made the film more realistic, as many families or parents watching the film would have been able to relate.
The next iconic horror film director that I chose to analyse is Alfred Hitchcock. I like to think that i can really appreciate a well made film, and even though the horror genre isn't one of my favourites, I still really enjoyed his films 'Psycho' and 'The Birds'. I think that they're both very cleverly done, and would have very easily scared his audience in the 50's and 60's, when the horror genre wasn't as popular or taken as seriously as it is now. 'Psycho' was one of the first horror films I watched, still scaring me enough to not want to visit a hotel any time soon (at this rate, I wont want to visit a hotel ever again).He really set the tone for horror film making again, as many people were making these, almost joke horror films in the 50's, really scaring his audience with shocking scenes like the infamous shower scene.
Lauren.
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