Sunday Discussion - Horror On Screen

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• Ceit

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Although it isn't considered the most artful genre of film, horror has always been one of the most popular. The very earliest ghost movies aren't particularly scary to us today, what with their clunky and obvious effects, but the appeal of seeing the supernatural or unexplainable onscreen is with us just as strongly as with our great-great-etc-grandparents. We all have our personal favorites; I've talked quite a lot about mine (hello, 1920s Murnau!), and what attracts us to a particular film is interesting from psychological and sociological perspectives. And sometimes, just because we're nosy about each other. What are the greatest horror films of all time? What makes them memorable and keeps the audience coming back to them? Are the horror films based on novels at an advantage because of a more developed or more familiar story? Or is that more of a disadvantage, as many people prefer the book to the movie in any genre? What cycle of monster are you waiting for to come back - vampires, mummies/zombies, werewolves? Is supernatural horror more powerful than realistic horror or vice versa? Just because we've come to expect it, here are some short videos. They are versions of the same story, and you shouldn't be surprised which one! 1922: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ww7rdvDaCk 1931: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqr3yzr64V4 1992: https://youtu.be/MOMNfN8Igq8?si=5r0UKMRpbpwlikOB&t=27