Final Girl theory
Investigating Final Girl Theory and applying it to horror films such as Friday the 13th (1980), Halloween (1978), and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974).
Halloween (Carpenter‚ 1978)
Genre characteristics in Halloween (1978)
Investigating how Halloween (1978) displays genre characteristics and applying theoretical approaches to support it being classified within the horror genre.
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Horror: Summarising Mark Jancovich’s ideas on genre
Briefly summarising Jancovich’s ideas on genre in relation to horror and providing some suggestions for further reading and research.
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How is the unheimlich represented in Alien (1979)?
This essay discusses how Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical theory of The Uncanny (Freud, 2003), also known as Unheimlich is represented in Ridley Scott’s film Alien (1979), in relation to the film’s genre: Horror.
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