Night of the Living Dead dir. George Romero

As the perfection of the genre 'zombie' greatly enhances it's characteristics overtime, this was not one of them. Unfortuneately this particular zombie flick had my attention directed elsewhere. I was not impressed with the acting of the characters and especially the monsters. It took me about ten minutes after the first zombie was introduced to figure out it was an actual zombie. This being said, the costumes of the monsters were very dull and the acting was not shocking, scary, or unpredictable. One positive trend I noticed for the monsters is finally towards the end of the film they started to evolve by using hand tools and other materials to kill their victims in a faster fashion. The zombies looked just as confused as the people did, which signaled that the acting on both parts was not believable for me. The most interesting scenes of the movie were only when the victims in the house turned against one another because of the 'stress' and conditions that they were all put in. Lastly, the point that there was no explaination of the killing sprees butchered the film by not tying in a plot for the movie.

Gothic Formula

- A character whose sensibilites will be sympathetically familiar and contemporary to the matter of the actual setting - is removed by circumstances from the normal to another dark realm
- This is another world, and it seeks to bring the protagonist under its sway. Supernatural manifestations, manifestations of the villians usually quite natural designs
- The protagonist becomes intrigued, or desperate enough to voluntarily travel deeper into the castles mysteries
- At the crux of the story, the awful thruth is revealed - and then the escape, through fortuitous discovery or romantic interest
- In true gothic, evil cannot be a moral cipher, or a psychological bon mot. It must take its place as an active, positive force in the narrative, for the characters as well as the reader. Torture and terror is never enought, there must also be the possibility that this is a genuine alternative with its own rules, own passions and rewards. The character must be able to see themselves as part of it-perhaps secretly desire it.

Elements of a Horror Film

- Sound is vital for the emotion of a horror film to portray 
- Minimal instruments for the buildup of the scare
- Quiet Pauses
- Expressive characters along with good acting/facial expressions
- Believability of almost all human emotion happy, terrified, surprised, sad
- A need for an explanation of the character whom to fear either before or after introduced
- Movies need to answer "Why should the audience be scared of this character?"
- The despription for the motive of the character (weapons, physique, phrases) that the audience can describe the character in few adjectives
- The character also needs to be unpredictable in dramatic events to makes him or herself interesting