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The Comic Relief

What is the comic relief and why is it used in horror films? The comic relief is the inclusion of an humorous character, scene, or dialogue in otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. It is used in horror films because it calms and, as the name sais, it relieves the public during a very scary, dramatic or tense moment of the film.

The Psychological Horror Story

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1. Who is Edgar Allan Poe? Edgar Allan Poe was a writer famous for his short stories. 2. When and where was he born? He was born the 19th Jenuary of 1809 in Boston, United States. 3. What was he famous for? Poe was famous for his poetry and his short stories, particulary for his terrorific, misetious and macabre ones. 4. Did he married? Yes, Edgar married Virginia Eliza Clemmfg. 5. How did he die? There are multiple theories about his death, they say that he died by suicide, by murder, by cholera, by hypoglycemina, by rabies, by syphilis, by influenza or by cooping. 6. Name some of his most famous works: “The Black Cat”, “The Cask of Amontillano”, ”A Descent into the Maelström”, ”The Facts in the Case of M.Valdemar”...

The Gothic Novel

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1. Who invented the G.N? What was the title of the first G.N? When was it first published? The Gothic Novel was invented by Horace Walpole. The title of his first Gothic Novel is The Castle of Otranto, published in the 1764. 2. Wich basic elements of horror do you remember from the introductory lesson? Write a minimum of ten. I remember that sounds or screams are very important elements of the horror, the darkness, blood or frightening topics are important aswell, another basic element for the horror could be the place were the story is narred; like a big castle or an abandoned house. 3. Choose one of the topics on DISCOVERING LITERATURE and write a post. Dracula : vampires, perversity and Victorian anxieties Dracula is an iconic gothic novel of the 19th century that narrates us the story of a vampire, a creature who’s dualty is split in an horrorific bloody being by one side and a glamourous and sexual icon by the other. Stoker, the autor, tries to reflect the immigration...

Alfred Hitchcock

1. What's his nickname? His nickname is "The Master of Suspense". 2. What was his most famous horror film? His most famous horror film was Psycho, 1960. 3. What was his main contribution to horror? Hitchcock’s most important contribution to horror films was his frequent use of the subjective camera to reveal a character’s vision, as in Psycho when Norman Bates peeps through a hole at Marion, or when “Mother” slashes Marion in the shower.

The Vocabulary of the Gothic

The girl entered to her old dismal room, and sitting in her bed she saw the  ominous old doll. Thunderstruk , she shrieked   and she started running as fast as she never did before. She locked herself in the bathroom hoping that that devil toy would not follow her but when she turned arround to see herself in the mirror she saw it, there was no scaping, she felt wretched .

My Favourite Horror Movie

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My favourite horror movie is Annabelle: Creation,  the sequel of Annabelle. The characters are a group of young orphan girls, a nun, an old couple and, of course, the doll Annabelle. The main characters are two of the orphan girls, an invalid little girl called Janice and her best friend, Linda.   The film is about a group of orphan girls under the care of a nun are taken in an old house by a kind couple. What the girls don't know is that in that mansion there's a devil doll possesed by de Devil called Annabelle. One day one of the orphans, a young girl called Janice, enters into a prohibited room where she deliverates the doll. During the story Janice gets possesed and in the house happends a lot of tragedies, murders and paranormal things. Linda, the best friend of Janice, discovers that Annabelle is is causing all the situation and she triesto stop and even to kill her, but she fails. At the end Janice manages to escapewith the doll from her friends. My fa...