Horror remaking over the decades review-powerpoint presentation

1. Topic of PowerPoint: The Remaking
of horror over the decades

2. Many Horror films which are new to us
in this day and age may not be so new
to our elders e.g. our parents. For
example “Carrie” which has just been
released in the late year of 2013 is a
remake of the original movie “Carrie”
first released in 1976. Both the remake
and most current filming of Carrie
involve the exact same concept of a
young and shy girl in high school who
discovers she has telekinetic powers
and on the day of prom is humiliated,
ends up using her powers to gain
revenge. However, the latest version
includes more common themes of
todays society and American culture.
You can see from these two pictures the
costume design of Carrie when playing
her role at the prom is pretty much
identical within the two centuries
posters, even the stance within both
these posters are similar. They’re both
standing up and doing something
strange with their arms/hands. The
2013 version was directed by Kimberly
Pierce and the 1976 was directed by
Brian de Palma.

3. Another remake of a horror film is Nightmare on Elm street, the first film to involve the extremely popular horror icon
Freddy Keuger, was first directed in 1984 by Wes Craven and is a franchise. The remake was released in 2010 and directed
by Samuel Bayer. The latest Nightmare on Elm street plot involves Freddy Keuger once being a gardener at a pre-school
who abused the children who attended there and was later caught and murdered by the parents of the abused children.
Freddy later comes back to haunt and try to kill them in their dreams. The original plot involved “A spectral child murderer
who stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him,” -IMDB. Wes Craven came up with the original plot
for the movie from looking at numerous newspaper articles printed in the LA Times over a three year period based around a
group of Cambodian refugees from the “Hmong tribe.” Several of whom supposedly died in the throes of horrific
nightmares. The original poster as you can see depicts the narrative of the film more than the latest. You can see in the
original poster a terrified female victim and the claw-like hands reaching out to her through the wall, whilst the latest
poster still depicts the narrative with the claw-like hand and the make-up applied to Freddy making his skin look torn and
him smirking like he takes pleasure in haunting his victims.

4. The original was
a huge success
and so was the
character of
Frankenstein
with both
audience and
critics. The film
was followed by
numerous
sequels and is
one of the most
iconic horror
films.
Frankenstein is a
1931 horror
monster film
directed by
James Whale ,
adapted from the
play by Peggy
Webling which
was based on the
book by Mary
Shelley.
Frankenstein is both a horror and sci-fi . With the plot being based around an
obsessed scientists who assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses
won two awards; National film registry and Saturn award (Best DVD/ Blu-ray
collection. A remake of this iconic horror is set to be released this year in 2014
having been directed by Stuart Bettie with the plot being “ Frankenstein's
creature finding himself caught in all-out , centuries old war between two clans.”
In neither the original Frankenstein nor the sequels has Frankenstein been
involved in a situation as fierce and action-packed like this, so it is yet to be
discovered if this will be as successful as the original with both critics and

5. 19th century- 20th century Horror

6. James Whale
Most famous horror films directed:
- The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- The Old Dark House (1932)
- The invisible Man (1933)
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7. Wes Craven
Most famous horror films directed:
-The last house on the left (1972)
-The hills have eyes (1977)
-Nightmare on Elm street (1984)
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8. Alfred Hitchcock
Most famous horror films directed:
-Psycho (1960)
-The birds (1963)
-Frenzy (1972
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9. Dario Argento
Most famous movies directed:
- Four flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
- Opera (1987)
-Inferno (1980)
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