dissabte, 28 de novembre del 2015

SUSPENSE STORIES

Who is the director of this movie Psycho?
The director of the movie Psycho was Alfred Hitchcock, an english film director and producer.

What type of characters did he usually use in horror films?

The type of characters that he used in horror films are between the line of sanity and insanity He also used serial killers

What tecnique did he use with the camera?

He used the subjective camera to reveal a character's visión.




dijous, 19 de novembre del 2015

MACABRE STORIES

The Pit and Pendulum is a horror story by Edgar Allan Poe. It is about a man who was condemned by the judges. When he was in his dark cell, he found a pit with water, and he started to think that in the cell there were people who died. Later, he woke up in a diferent room. He was lied in the floor and from the ceiling there was a sharpened pendulum hanging. He tried to scape, but he was tied with knots. He was not alone in this room, there were mice eating some meat. He thought that after they finished the meat, he is going to be the next meal. Luckly, he was not sliced in half. But, that was not the end. The walls were getting closer to him. He started to hear voices, thunders, etc, until an arm caught him to avoid the fall of the man, fainting, in to the abyass.


THE HUNGER GAMES vs "OCHO APELLIDOS CATALANES"

In this month, November, there will be the premier of the diferent successful films in Spain. One of them is the famous spanish film called Ocho apellidos catalanes. It is the second part of the film Ocho apellidos vascos, which it was released a year ago. It was one of the best films in the history of the spanish cinematography. The other film that is going to release in this month is the second part of the Hunger games: Mockingjay film. It is also a very famous film around the world where Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth are the protagonists.

Two months ago, the films' premier were going to be on 20th of November. But then, the Hunger games' dealer decided to change the day of the premier of the film to get more earnings.  According to the El país' newspaper, he decided to change the date because he knew that the spanish film will triumph, considering that Ocho apellidos vascos broke the record for the most viewers in Spain.

Finally, the Hunger games' premier is going to be on 27th of November, meanwhile Ocho apellidos catalanes' premier is going to be the next Friday.



This news is from a spanish newspaper: El país

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR STORY

THE TELL - TALE HEART

What is the story of the Tell - Tale Heart about?
The story is about a man who was living with an old man. The old man was characterised for having an upside down eye. The man hated the eye, so one day, he decided to kill the old man. After, he decided to hide the cadavar underground. Then, the policemen came to the house because the neighbours heard a scream. The man told them that the old man was in the city for two weeks. But, when they were drinking tea, the man started to hear the beating of the old man's heart. He started to get nervious and finally, he confessed his crime. He went to the jail.

Who wrote the Tell - Tale Heart and invented the first macabre stories?
Edgar Allan Poe wrote the Tell - Tale Heart and he also invented the first macabre stories.

What was the first PHS?
The first pscichological horror story was Metzengerstein.

When was it first published?
It was published in 1832.

What other story types did the author also invented?
The autor also invented other types of stories, such as: detective stories, Science Fiction,...
 
 


dissabte, 14 de novembre del 2015

THE GOTHIC NOVEL

Who invented the G.N.?
The Gothic Novel was invented by a famous british author, Horace Walpole.
 
What was the first G.N.?
The first Gothic Novel was The Castle of Otranto.
 
When was it first published?
The novel was published in 1764. 
 
Which basic elements of horror didn't you include on your list?
The elements of horror that I did not incluide on my list of scary elements in my last post (The scariest film for me ) are: clanking chains, giants, dogs or wolves baying, an old castle, the wind howling, etc.
 
 
 



dimecres, 11 de novembre del 2015

MY FAVOURITE TV SERIES: TEEN WOLF

One of the things that I really like to do is to watch series. I watch more than one series, such as Pretty Little Liars, Once Upon a Time,... But my favourite tv serie is Teen Wolf.
Teen Wolf is an american and an action horror dramatic serie. It is about a teenager, Scott McCall, who one day a werewolf bites him. Since then, he has to struggle against different obstacles (most of them consisted of fighting against rare creatures) with his friends, which are: Stiles, Lydia, Liam, Kira, Malia,... All of them are werewolfs or were-coyote, except Lydia and Stiles. Lydia is a banshee and Stiles is a normal human.

The cast is not really big. The main characters are:
Tyler Posey as Scott McCall
Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinsky
Holland Roden as Lydia Marin
Shelley Henning as Malia Tate
Arden Cho as Kira Yukimura
Dylan Sprayberry as Liam Dunbar
Cody Christian as Theo Raeken



The serie consists of five seasons. The last one is divided in two parts: season 5a and season 5b. The season 5b's premiere is on Tuesday 5th of January.
In this season, Scott and his friends are going to fight back against Theo (who was Scott's friend in the past) and his pack: the Dread doctors. The season is going to be full of adventures.

This is the official trailer of the season 5b.
 

dissabte, 7 de novembre del 2015

THE SCARIEST FILM FOR ME


THE ORPHANAGE

The orphanage is a horror spanish film produced by the famous director, Guillermo Del Toro. This film is about an orphan woman, Laura, that she and her husband decided to buy the orphanage where she was living when she was younger, to transform it into a facility for disabled children. Laura had a son called Simon. Simon always was playing with his invisible Friends in the orphanage. One day, Thomas, a Simon's invisible friend, told Simon that he was adopted. So, Simon get angry with his mother and he decided to hide from her. Laura started looking for him. The days pased by and Simon was still missing. Laura decided to talk with a medium. The medium told her that she has to believe in ghosts so, she will know where was Simon. Then, Laura started to see Thomas and the others, which they helped her to finally find Simon. He was dead in a secret room. Simon was hidding there, but Laura, accidentally, blocked the front door of that secret room. So, Simon, broke his neck when he was trying to escape from there.

I think that the best part of the film is when Laura found Simon. It is very sad this part, because she realised that the death of her son it was her fault and all the strange sounds and noise that she was hearing when she was sleeping it was Simon asking for help. I think that it is a good ending, although Laura, finally, killed herself to be with Simon.

The horror elements that make this film very scary are:
  • Rain storm
  • Doors grating
  • Characters trapped in a room
  • Ghosts
  • Sound of children crying
  • Darkness
  • Mediums
  • Scary music

This is the trailer of the film: