“Nosferatu”, made in 1922, was a film
about a vampire, an early depiction of Dracula, and it was silent except for
some musical scores. “The Shining”, which was made in 1980, was a film about a
family with a psychic son and a father who soon develops cabin fever due to a
snow storm. “The Conjuring”, made in 2013, is another film about a sort of
ghostly, demonic presence. These movies differ in creating a sense of terror
because of their time. If we were to watch these now, I doubt that “Nosferatu”
would be a cause of nightmares. All three movies were set in a bedroom scene,
attacking the safety that the audience feels when they’re in their room. They
also all used high pitched screaming violins during the intense, scary parts of
the movie.
As of which movie is most effective considering
the time they were made, I would say “The Shining”. They made use of all the
cheesy 80s technology. In one scene, Jack Nicholson, the main male character,
gets his hand sliced by a knife. There is a bloody line, but it doesn’t seem to
be bleeding. The fear comes from the fact that this could happen to anybody.
Cabin fever is a very common psychological disease. People, nowadays, still
talk about hoe “The Shining” was a pivotal movie in the horror industry. They are
still scared of it, so I think that proves that it was a very effective/creepy
movie.
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