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3 Decades of Horro


If anything it may help Western audiences to look more closely at Japanese horror, or at least open our eyes to the possibility.
             Moving on from this I am going to tackle issues that have arose throughout the film about the character of Rachel Keller and to whether she is a generic convention of a heroine like character in the horror genre. By doing this I will use past films so that a conclusion and decision can be made. Films that I will be including in my textual analysis and evaluation of Rachel are: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (Dir. Tobe Hooper-1974), "Scream" (Dir. Wes Craven-1996) and "Halloween" (Dir. John Carpenter-1978). All of these will be compared in detail with characters being analysed along without the similarities and differences in the characters of the chosen films. I will also be referring to the Prop's narrative throughout the essay to aid me with my final conclusion.
             We first meet Rachel after the first chapter of the film. These first few scenes are dedicated to two girls who are talking about the tape and they set the plotline for the whole movie by doing this. After one of the girl's dies (or is attacked not known because of what we see), there is a sharp jump cut along with a high disorientating sound to a young child all-alone with his teacher. The camera then follows a voice down the corridor swearing and cursing at somebody on her phone. This voice belongs to Rachel Keller and this is the first shot we see of her as she uses the word "Shit". By saying this, along with the fact that she has to pick up the boy (later find out to be her son, Aiden) up later than expected, the audience can tell that this women lives a hard working life, busy in all areas and may get the feeling that she has no love interest because there is no father figure type to help out. This point is enhanced when Rachel and Aiden's teacher take a minute to discus Aiden at his current stage in life.


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