Little Shop Of Horrors

In “The Haunting of Hill House”, Jackson uses a third person point of view in order to create an ambiguous feeling during the supernatural experiences which leads to confusion of whether the novel falls under the sub-genre female gothic, or not. Jackson starts the novel with a very powerful quote: “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.” (1). That famously known quote is very ambiguous and evokes suspense. The sub-genre female gothic conventions consist of an old haunted house, mystery and suspense, supernatural experiences, women distress during a transition to adulthood or motherhood, repressed emotions, an aspect of feminism, heroic male figure, dark, and horror. The Haunting of Hill House consists of some of the female gothic conventions but lacks others. Viewing the supernatural experiences from a third person point of view allows the reader to have an insight of the situations.

In the film, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Mi’gmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby uses film syntax (mise-en- scène, montages, diachronic shots, synchronic shots, and cutting) to assist him in telling a tale about the historical violence done to Indigenous men, women, and children by the Canadian government and the residential school system (Boo 220). The purpose of the film Rhymes for Young Ghouls is to bring awareness to a wider audience who may or may not be aware of the violence inflicted on Indigenous people, violence that was sanctioned by the Canadian legislation and state (Boo 211). In the film, Barnaby illustrates how non-Indigenous men were not concerned with gender when beating an Indigenous person; women were beaten the same as men were. In

John Carpenter’s Halloween was released in the fall of 1978; little did he know, his independent film would change the face of slasher films as we know it. This film was responsible for ushering in what we recognize today as modern horror. With a budget of just over $300,000, Halloween was shot in 20 days. It went on to become the highest grossing independent film of all time bringing in over $60 million until 1990; however, this film was not an instant success (Halloween UnMasked, 1999). Halloween also brandished a newer type of hero - a heroine. Jamie Lee Curtis has become known as the Scream Queen as a result of this film where she paved the way for other heroines in the slasher genre.

In “The Haunting of Hill House”, Jackson uses a third person point of view in order to create an ambiguous feeling during the supernatural experiences which leads to confusion of weather the novel falls under the sub-genre female gothic, or not. Jackson starts the novel with a very powerful quote: “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.” (1). That famously known quote is indeed very ambiguous, that evokes suspense. The sub-genre female gothic conventions consist of an old haunted house, mystery and suspense, supernatural experiences, women distress during a transition to adulthood or motherhood, repressed emotions, an aspect of feminism, heroic male figure, dark, and horror. The Haunting of Hill House consists of some of the female gothic conventions but lacks some too.

Not everyone loves musicals as much as others, but most people can recognize when someone says “FEED ME” or “DON’T FEED THE PLANTS”. The well-known musical Little Shop of Horrors took over the Dubois Little Theater this December under the direction of Ms. Shannon McNutt. Little Shop of Horrors is a fun, musical about a “young botanical genius,” Seymour Krelborn, his boss, and future foster father, Mr. Mushnik, and the young, dramatic and attractive Audrey. Seymour was a shy and sheltered man until he found a strange and interesting plant, which he named Audrey Two after his one true love, Audrey. The musical follows Seymour as he tries to get his sentient, bloodthirsty plant to grow so he can reap the benefits, but his morals quickly catch up with him as he begins to lose everything that matters. I believe that this show was worthwhile to see and be part of.

Influence is the capacity or power of persons to produce an effect on the actions of others. Victor Flemming, the director of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, depicts a message that revolves around the reversal of power and gender roles. Moreover, Dorothy is a child in her physical presence but lives the role of a hero as she leads the scarecrow, lion, and tin man to the Wizard himself. Through the archetypes such as the hero being a women, Cultural values, and the stages of the journey, Flemming raises the argument that in this case those who don 't have much influence in society are very influential in the Emerald City.

The film, The Shining, follows a family who moved to the Colorado Rockies for the winter so the father, Jack Torrance, can take a job as a caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. Jack received this job after the previous caretaker, Charles Grady, went crazy and murdered his wife and two daughters. Jack’s son Danny has these disturbing psychic visions that revisit him many times throughout the film, including ones of the murdered Grady daughters and blood pouring out the elevators. Danny relates to the head chef of the hotel, Dick Hallorann, because they both have telepathy so they bond in a way no one else in the film does. Throughout the film there is an interest in room 237 and everyone is affected by in in some strange way; when Jack

Tim Burton created Edward Scissor hands out of his own experiences in Collage. It is Modern Fantasy which uses narrative and Film conventions to create the mixture of Horror and Fantasy. Fantasy films have their own charatestics and those are how we can determine what genre the movie belongs to. A fantasy Film will normally be in an enclosed space, the setting oF Edward scisoor hand is way that Tim Burton makes the film aFantesy film. Like most movies there is a clsh between a villan and the main Charater changes during the film aswel. Many other things make a film what it is like the Charaters the plot and even the sound.

Gothic literature can be produced in many different ways because of the variation of gothic elements an author can use. In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, written by Ransom Riggs, the author uses gothic literature to pull out emotions from the reader that are hard to pull in other kinds of writing. Along with Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Feather Pillow, by Horacio Quiroga, and The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe. All of these literature works use gothic elements such as fascination with the past, monsters, and psychological issues to tug at these emotions that are hard to pull at using other types of literature styles.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is a very thought provoking read throughout. However, one line in particular really made me think. Our main character Jacob is talking to the museum curator Martin Pagett, when the latter of the two says, "Though I imagine we're killing ourselves right now in all manner of ways that'll seem insane to people in the future." (p. 94) This statement rang really, really true.

One of my first memories of seeing sexuality or violence before the age of 12 was one of the “Scary Movie’s”. I don’t remember which one it was, but I know it was one of them if not multiple. I mostly remember watching “Scary movie 2”

Gothic Elements Gothic literature has been around for centuries and is still around today. The elements of gothic literature has still the same concept but some switched up or added to the list of gothic elements. People get really worked up or really into these stories to find the truth or even hidden truth behind everything. The three gothic elements I am going to be talking about are death, revenge, and mystery.

Las Vegas can be an escape from stressful life, and a vacation from all the worries and problems that plagues the people of America. Many people come to Vegas seeking untold riches every day, though looking for this American dream can come at an expensive cost. Hunter S. Thompson paid this price the hard way and even then did not achieve the American dream he was searching for. In Thompson’s novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Thompson explains that drugs will change people even turn best friends against each other and those drugs can make any person temporarily satisfied, but will never allow one to fully achieve the happiness that the American dream promises through allusions and symbolism. Hunter S. Thompson was born on July 18, 1937

A film would be nothing without proper editing. Editing will make a film as coherent (or incoherent) as a filmmaker pleases. It also can emphasize certain aspects of the mise-en-scène, cinematography, sound, and plotline to accentuate the film’s topics and themes. In Clip 3, Charlie Chaplin utilizes editing to his advantage and allows it to enforce the motif in his film Modern Times of scorning authority. Modern Times makes strong use of continuity editing: “a system that uses cuts and other transitions…to tell stories effectively” (Corrigan, 144).

Editing is an art of its own, and is the sole backbone of a film. Classical Hollywood Cinema and Neorealist Cinema depicted reality through their numerous films, however their approaches were very different from one another. Classical Hollywood Cinema leaned towards enhancing a shot with extravagant lighting, music, and very carefully thought out camera angles. Neorealist Cinema focused on the story itself and the way film replicates reality and projects it on screen. A film like Mildred Pierce is a prime example of Classical Hollywood Cinema, where the story is enhanced by the editing techniques. On the other hand, a film like Bicycle Thieves follows the editing techniques of Neorealist Cinema, where the focus is not on the editing, but rather on the replication of reality and how raw the setting of