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Who's Up for Apocalypse?
Apocalypse movies have always been my favourite genre of film — despite the fact that I’m a very anxious person, I find comfort in action-packed movies about the end of the world where commonplace people survive against all odds. The thrill of omniscient knowledge of impending danger while the main characters remain oblivious. The hairs on your arm standing at attention and racing heart beating in your chest as you watch the main characters fight to survive. Defiantly rooting for them to survive despite the low chances of survival and thinking of all the possible ways you would try to survive in those situations. Full disclaimer, I would never want to be in a situation like that, but for some reason I find comfort in imagining myself surviving those possible scenarios. And maybe it’s my anxiety that’s the culprit for me re-watching the same apocalypse movies — I know how they’ll end, and I already know I won’t be set for disappointment.
By Jemilla Mills-Smith5 years ago in Horror
Vampires: Literature and Pop Culture . Top Story - March 2021.
Looking into how most supernatural characters are perceived in literature, it strays far from what pop culture has seen as a being who is sickly pale with an unstoppable bloodlust. Although there's a comparison to the common supernatural being in both literature and pop culture, there are various characteristics that would set them apart. The regal interpretation within William Polidori’s The Vampyre and looking into the Salvatore brothers of L.J. Smith’s The Vampire Diaries these comparisons of vampires can also be separated by their complete differences based on the author’s perception. Withing William Polidori’s The Vampyre, this short story is described as a man of high society rather than going into the normal depiction of a typical vampire; an individual with pale skin and blood lust but can only appear during nightfall (one that fits the description a Nosferatu vampire). Although this has changed during the times of literature that tells of certain aspects of the horror or supernatural, Polidori gives this being the physicality of a high ranked nobleman in Victorian society "His peculiarities caused him to be invited to every house... though its form and outline were beautiful, many female hunters after notoriety attempted to win his attention." (Polidori)
By Mikyah Henderson5 years ago in Horror
Super Dark Times: American Psycho For Young Adults
Mary Harron's American Psycho was a career-defining film for Christian Bale, who stars as wealthy investment banker Patrick Bateman. The film has been respected and ridiculed, but it remains iconic in the world of cinema more than twenty years later. The story follows Bateman, day-in-the-life style, as he goes through his regimented morning routine, deals with the frustrations of his job and girlfriend (Reese Whitherspoon), and occasionally succumbs to his inner madness and bloodlust.
By Svetlana Sterlin5 years ago in Horror
Landscape
Night was falling and the landscape remained unchanged. Before her she saw nothing but rocks and hills, mountains of forbidden terrain she was warned not to venture into, but her curiosities knew no bounds. It was local legend, the mountains that swallowed hikers. She just had to check it out for herself, it seemed so ridiculous.
By Carlz Alice5 years ago in Horror
