Origins of Halloween Traditions Halloween has long been a night dedicated to remembering the dead and hiding away from witches and goblins. Halloween has evolved over the years and now includes many traditions that weren’t seen at the beginning of the celebrations. Even today, Halloween traditions are evolving and newer and more modern traditions are taking the place of older ones. However, some timeless traditions still remain. Halloween Traditions and Their Origins • Costumes: Costumes are
Debrah Wright Ms.Aguilar Pre-AP English II-1 14 May 2014 Holidays: Holy Days or Horror Days Shining lights, tasty treats, family coming in and pinching children's cheeks, the joy of gifts and the thrill of giving -- all these things are what can be expected during the holiday seasons. Grandma is cooking in the kitchen as you are sitting on the floor and staring inquisitively at the mesmerizing tree. Only one thing, though, is truly on your young mind, the multicolored themed wrapped up boxes beneath
The song sets the scene for the whole movies, showing that this town is all about the Halloween holiday, it’s horror, darkness, and ghoulish characters. Jack seems to be happy, but when the townspeople are not around, he shows a different part of himself. The audience becomes aware of his sorrow through a song, sung by Jack, that “Jack, the
shirt with a sleek black tie, a black suit jacket, black gloves, a black ski mask, and a black fedora to top it all off. I am not entirely sure what I was supposed to be. Was I a mobster, a thief, or even a personification of the night? The date was Halloween and I was sitting on a bench in front of my house, waiting to scare or give out candy to anybody who approached the door. That year, we had not decorated our house as well as previous years; but we still had a few last minute ideas implemented o
are many techniques used to create the suspenseful feeling in the movie. In the slasher movie Halloween I reviewed, many techniques were used that made the movie suspenseful to watch, such as the use of music, back lighting, hand held camera movement and point of view shots. The movie Halloween is about a boy named Michael Myers, who murders his older sister when he is six years of age on Halloween night. He then escapes from the mental hospital many years later, and goes back to his hometown
Magazine (11 April 2000, http://www.the11thhour.com/archives/042000/features/fury4.html). i Lisa Kincaid, "Mister Furious," The 11th Hour Web Magazine (Issue 11, April 2000, http://www.the11thhour.com/archives/042000/features/fury4.html). ii Clover's "Her Body, Himself" exists as a chapter in Men, Women, and Chain Saws, but my citations are from its earlier incarnation as a journal article in Representations (Number 20: Fall 1987, pp. 187-228). iii Though the episode's dialogue changes
Halloween It was a dark and stormy Halloween night and Sal and Jess her best friend were at Sal's house for the night to watch movies. Knock, Knock, Knock, "Sal, someones at the door do you want me to answer it?", Jess yelled to Sal who was upstairs doing her hair in the bathroom. "Yeah Cool Jess its probably just some more annoying trick or treaters anyway", replied Sal. Jess got up off the couch and approached the door making sure to peer through the peephole to see who it was.
his own family. He talks about his relationship with television and how it was a part of daily life, while the Tomkey’s on the other hand didn’t own a television, let alone even believed in it. Not to mentions the families’ two differences with Halloween or simply the way either family would eat their dinners. This all relates back to the quote and Sadaris’s big misunderstanding with the Tomkey’s. He couldn’t understand due to the lack of knowledge he had about living the way the Tomkey’s did. He
The horror film as a genre is distinctly defined by its recurring elements such as ghosts and bloody violence and by its attitudes toward those elements. One popular example of a recurring element is monsters in horror films that act as material to differentiate horror films from other genres. For example, what appears to distinguish the horror story from fairy tales is the attitude of characters in the story to the monsters they chance upon. In fairy tales, monsters are part of the everyday furniture
Horror movies have captivated audiences for over a century. People everywhere flock to theaters to view chilling horror movies like Saw, Insidious, or the Conjuring. There is just something about horror that humans can’t get enough of. So why do we pay to scare ourselves sick? Why do we pay good money to watch others murdered and tortured to death? What do we possibly get from it all? In a culture were peace and non-violence is constantly promoted, there is still a part of the human that desires
Why is carving a pumpkin so important for Halloween? Halloween is a holiday celebrated by America every year on October 31st. Most Halloween traditions include decorating a home with skeletons, witches, bats and pumpkins. You may have attended a Halloween party, where you dress up in costume or have gone trick or treating. Pumpkin carving has been a wonderful family tradition celebrated for generations on Halloween. My Great Grandmother, Mary Darragh, brought the tradition with her over from
When you’re with your friends, one fun way to pass time is to watch a movie. But you probably have a long debate about which type of movies you want to watch. Some like romance some like comedy and others like horror movies. Horror movies are the latest trend amongst teenagers. Every while a horror movie is released in the theatres and they all make big hits, grossing a lot of money. Some people just cannot seem to get enough of violent, disgusting movies. They crave these movies like they crave
Every year we celebrate a holiday at the end of October involving costumes, candy, and pranks. Can you guess which holiday I am talking about? Of course you can! Halloween is one of the biggest holidays of the year ,second only to (in my opinion) Christmas. We follow many strange traditions on Halloween, but why? Why do we dress up? Why do we get candy? And what is the meaning of the phrase “ Trick or Treat”? In order to explain, this we need to go back to the very beginning of this creepy
“Horror films don’t create fear. They release it.” – Wes Craven. Considering the nature of horror, enjoying horror serves as a paradox. If horror is revolting why is it enjoyable? However, many people take pleasure in the thrills and suspense of horror. In the genre of horror, the quality of work is dependent on whether a book/film succeeds in scaring people since fear is an emotional response. Readers and viewers of the genre horror experience fear from an author's ability to provoke emotional responses
Does anyone know why people find an interest in decapitating someone or slowly watch them get eaten by the dead? In the story Why We Crave Horror Movies the author, Stephen King, quotes numerous lines about death, murder, spirits, and many other violent quotes that people could think of. The author does a good job at this because of the way the story is said that makes people feel inside where the story takes place. Stephen King correctly states that people are all mentally ill, people need horror
Do you ever wonder why you or other people like horror movies? What makes them so interesting? Why does the general society enjoy entertaining themselves with the horror genre? Well, Stephen King might have the answer to that. Mr. King strongly agrees with the idea that we might all have a little craving for watching such morbid scenes or reading about them, and creating our own gruesome scenario. Stephen King believes that humans crave horror for the purpose of facing our fears, to reestablish
Hate to Love Horror Movies One of the newest upcoming horror movie that just came out is IT. IT is the rendition of Stephen King’s classic killer clown story “Pennywise the Dancing Clown.” I honestly have mixed emotions about this movie; two polar opposite sides of me are telling me two different things. One is saying “Go watch it now. Feel the thrill. You will love it” and the other side is begging me “No, no, no, please don’t watch it. You will hate it. Seriously out of anything why did it have
screams throughout their respective cinemas. Not many viewers follow what kind of model the films follow to appease their viewers. However, after reading film theorist Carol Clover’s novel, watching one of the films she associates in the novel “Halloween”, and also watching the movie “Nightmare on Elm Street” I say almost every “slasher” or horror film follows a model similar to Clover’s. The model is a female is featured as a primary character and that females tend to always overcome a situation
Many people live for the adrenaline rush that horror films provide and enjoy the thrill of excitement from jumping out of their seat every couple minutes. With such a large, thrill-seeking audience, the suspense and uncertainty of horror movies causes viewer’s stomach to drop and their heart left racing for hours. As viewers are filled with fear, while they are about lose their minds and are dying of anticipation, they are left with the terrifying experience of covering their eyes and wondering what
One of my favorite film franchises is the Nightmare On Elm Street series. Freddy Krueger is one of modern horror’s most recognized, beloved and feared icons, with his trademark weathered fedora, burned skin, striped red-and-green sweater, and bladed glove. The lovechild of the late, great Wes Craven, Nightmare On Elm Street saved New Line Cinema from financial despair & was instrumental to their recovery, affectionately nicknaming the studio “The House That Freddy Built.” When you glimpse into this