It has definitely gone through various stages of evolution, as is obvious when comparing a Universal monster movie of the 1930s to a contemporary slasher horror film of today. ... This is similar to the army versus scientists aspect, but violence is often the solution to the problematic monster, which often uses violence as well. Thus a parallel can be seen between the violent nature of the monster and the violent nature of his hunters. ... There is nothing that is really learned or used to change society as a whole, the world merely returns to the pre-monster condition, to normalcy. ... T...

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I will be bringing up those issues while discussing the cultural significance that zombies have in this day and age, going over the fear we feel, what the fear represents, and what makes the monster socially relevant. ... Vampires and other monsters have ties to the Gothic literary tradition, zombies however weren't introduced to American culture until 1920-1930s when "sensationalist travel narratives were popular with Western readers" (Strohecker). ... Once the development of motion pictures came to be, zombies became a popular film monster. ... The fear instilled by these fi...

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However Science-fiction cinema was, until the 1970s, increasingly focused on unnatural creatures, such as King Kong and Godzilla, giving rise to a subgenre known as horror or monster films. ... They are; the fallibility of megalomaniacal scientists, the urgency of international cooperation against invaders from outer space or monsters from the earth, the rash hostility of people to anything alien, and the evil aspects of technology. ... In Aliens, she is the heroine who takes on the alien monsters. ...

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Over the past decade, the notion of zombies - dead humans who've died and come back to life as drooling, growling, flesh-eating monsters - has risen to new heights in popular culture. ... Why are they such a popular horror monster? ... This is a modern mutation for zombies, who traditionally have been shown be slow stumbling shambolic monsters, this adds to the viewer's horror of being pursued. ...

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German emigrees such as Karl Freund (the cinematographer for Dracula in 1931) set the style and mood of the Universal monster movies of the 1930s with their dark and artistically designed sets, providing the benchmark for later generations of horror films. ...

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With reference to a nightmare on elm street and scream discuss Wes craven's use of generic conventions Wes craven has made many successful horror films although his most famous ones are a Nightmare On Elm Street, which he made a sequel to called Wes Cravens the New Nightmare which is much bet...

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After several more years of monster movies, directors began to realize that people tend to fear change in the things they know the best. ... Those growing up in the 2000's may think that the early silent films portraying popular literary monsters look amateurish and bemusing. ...

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