{"id":744,"date":"2024-04-05T18:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T07:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/student-magazine\/?p=744"},"modified":"2024-05-23T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T03:24:54","slug":"horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/student-magazine\/2024\/04\/05\/horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Dominic Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1922: Horror as a film genre was created with the hit vampire movie, \u2018Nosferatu\u2019. 100 years later, \u2018Nope\u2019 is released and shocks audiences. This is the journey of the most unique genre of all time, HORROR!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until the 1950s, horror was primarily supernatural, filled with characters like the universal monsters \u2013 Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man. This is what horror was until 1960 when famous film director, Alfred Hitchcock, released, \u2018Psycho\u2019. This was the start of \u201cModern Horror\u201d. A new and shocking feature that \u2018Psycho\u2019 had was that it killed off the main star only 45 minutes into the film. Janet Leigh, who played Marion Crane in the film, was built up to be the star with posters up all over the world, but then her famous role was abruptly ended in the infamous shower scene. This film didn\u2019t just terrify people to close their eyes in the shower, it changed horror forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Psycho\u2019 (1960) Poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(FUN FACT: The blood in \u2018Psycho\u2019 is actually chocolate syrup!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure you have all heard of zombies – video games, movies, tv shows, but have you ever wondered where they come from? (don\u2019t ask your parents). They came from the 1968, George Romero classic, \u2018Night of The Living Dead\u2019. You see zombies weren\u2019t actually a thing until \u2018Night of The Living Dead\u2019, and on a shoestring budget, George A. Romero created zombies, and one of the greatest horror films to date. \u2018Night of The Living Dead\u2019, is a simple story about a world destroyed and taken over by zombies, and the few survivors are holed up in a house thinking about what to do with zombies surrounding them. (FUN FACT: The movie was meant to be a comedy.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019Night of The Living Dead\u2019 (1968) Poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, we can\u2019t talk about horror without discussing what is often referred to as the greatest horror film of all time – 1973\u2019s \u2018The Exorcist\u2019. \u2018The Exorcist\u2019 is one of the most unique films of all time, it follows a young girl who gets possessed by a demon and her parents call in an exorcist, (a sort of priest who specialises in getting rid of demons). \u2018The Exorcist\u2019 was a very shocking film when it released because it wasn\u2019t set in a dodgy hotel or a zombie apocalypse, it was set in a normal house, so when viewers watched it, it felt like you were watching something set in your own home, like it is close to you. It terrified viewers worldwide, and although it had a massive impact, it didn\u2019t completely change the genre like this next film did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The Exorcist\u2019 (1973) Poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(FUN FACT: The role of the exorcist was originally going to be cast as Marlon Brando!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 years ago, in 1974, one film shocked audiences worldwide, it became known as the \u201cThe Horror Film to End All Horror Films\u201d. Tobe Hooper\u2019s, \u2018The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u2019. \u2018The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u2019 is one of the most influential horror films of all time, as it is credited as the first ever slasher, (a slasher is a subgenre involving a killer stalking and killing a group of people with sharp weapons). From Hoopers amazing cinematography to the sadistic \u2018Sawyer\u2019 family, \u2018The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u2019 is many peoples favourite horror movie, and although a lot of it might not hold up to today\u2019s standards, it still has the edge and the power that it still is considered one of the greatest horror films of all time. I mean, when you think of slashers you probably think of people like, \u2018Jason Voorhees\u2019, \u2018Michael Myers\u2019, but we wouldn\u2019t have any of those guys if it wasn\u2019t for the legendary classic, \u2018The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u2019 (1974) Poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(FUN FACT: The infamous dinner scene was filmed in Texas in the middle of summer, making it so hot that the raw meat on the table cooked!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This next film I am sure a lot of you know. If not, I am sure you will at least know the main antagonist in John Carpenter\u2019s 1978 \u2018Halloween\u2019. Although \u2018Halloween\u2019 was not the first slasher (that belongs to \u2018The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u2019) it was the film that made slashers popular. This low budget film is famous for its stalking killer, Michael Myers. It truly is amazing how \u2018Halloween\u2019 had a tiny budget of $300,000 and was able to make one of the most influential horror films of all time, the franchise would eventually get 12 sequels and many references in pop culture, same as the next film on this list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019Halloween\u2019 (1978) Poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(FUN FACT: The original mask for \u2018Michael Myers\u2019 was a Star Trek William Shatner, Captain Kirk mask spray painted white!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next film on this list is also a low budget film that had a massive impact, the 1980 Sean Cunningham classic, \u2018Friday The 13th\u2019. \u2018Friday The 13th\u2019 is a very famous horror film that started a 12 film franchise including a crossover and a reboot. Now I\u2019m sure when you think of \u2018Friday The 13th\u2019, you think of \u2018Jason Voorhees\u2019 you know, the hockey mask killer, but (SPOILER ALERT) the killer in the original movie wasn\u2019t Jason but was in fact his mother, Pamela Voorhees. \u2018Friday The 13th\u2019 is one of the biggest slashers in all of horror, and it also had one of the most recognisable villains in all of cinema, much like the next film on this list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019Friday The 13th\u2019 (1980) Poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(FUN FACT: \u2018Friday The 13th\u2019 was originally just meant to be a rip off of \u2018Halloween\u2019!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can your dreams be fatal? Well, we\u2019re about to find out as we talk about the 1984 classic, Wes Cravens, \u2018A Nightmare On Elm Street\u2019. \u2018A Nightmare On Elm Street\u2019 is known for probably the most iconic horror villain of all time. The sweater wearing, finger knife tearing, dream impairing, son of a hundred maniacs, \u2018Freddy Krueger\u2019. As you probably know \u2018A Nightmare On Elm Street\u2019 is about a group of teens who are terrorized in their dreams by the burnt, finger knifed, \u2018Freddy Krueger\u2019 who kills them in their dreams which makes them die in real life! \u2018A Nightmare On Elm Street changed so much in horror, and made my personal favourite horror franchise with 9 movies including a crossover and a reboot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019A Nightmare On Elm Street\u2019 (1984) Poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(FUN FACT: The movie is famous for casting a 20 year old Johnny Depp and the only reason that happened is because Wes Craven\u2019s daughter made them cast him because he was \u201cdreamy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This next film is my all-time favourite horror movie, again by Wes Craven, \u2018Scream\u2019 (1996). Now \u2018Scream\u2019 is definitely one of the most interesting horror movies because it\u2019s not a straightforward slasher like \u2018Friday The 13th\u2019 or \u2018Halloween\u2019. It is a scary, funny, and very self-aware slasher\/murder mystery involving a bunch of teens and a ghostface murderer. You see, slashers were dying in this period of time \u2013 (late 80s early 90s) \u2013 and \u2018Scream\u2019 revived them making a so far 6 film franchise and a perfect movie, and it all started with a phone call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019Scream\u2019 (1996) Poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(FUN FACT: The original actor cast as \u2018Sidney\u2019 was actually Drew Barrymore!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now this final film I\u2019m sure you all know, the 2017 adaptation of Stephen Kings, \u2018IT\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018IT\u2019 is a movie I really love; it was originally a book, it got a miniseries in 1990 and then in 2017, Andy Muschietti created his own adaptation of the iconic story. It follows a group of kids who start seeing the things they fear most, a terrifying clown, and they find out that \u2018IT\u2019 feeds off their fear and can turn into what they fear most. As kids start going missing around town, they must face their fears and put an end to the thing that plagues their town of Derry, Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019IT\u2019 (2017) Poster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honourable movie mentions: \u2018The Thing\u2019 (1982), \u2018Alien\u2019 (1979), \u2018Jaws\u2019 (1975), \u2018Childs Play\u2019 (1988), \u2018The Evil Dead\u2019 (1981), \u2018Hellraiser\u2019 (1987), \u2018The Shining\u2019 (1980), \u2018Dawn of The Dead\u2019 (1978), \u2018Saw\u2019 (2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This brings us to the end of our journey through the horror genre, a genre that can make you laugh, cry, scared, or deeply disturbed. Thank you for reading this black and white article, and I hope this taught you more about horror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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