Research Memo Three

Research Memo 3:

There is so many terrifying things out there. The reasons why we’re afraid of these things though are mainly because of horror movies. These films have changed so much throughout the years. For my research memo three not only did I watch different horror movies, I also watched a documentary. This documentary was called Nightmares In Red White And Blue: The Evolution Of The American Horror.

 In this documentary they try to understand why we love these movies. Mick Garris, John Carpenter, Darren Lynn Bousman, and many more legendary horror directors are interviewed.  They tell the story of how and why they did this movie. They get asked about other movies as well. This movie talks about the different sub genres of horror movies. It goes into details about movies from the 1920’s to 2007. In the 1920’s, more than half of the directors were immigrants from Europe. They brought different stories and myths. It was quickly turning into a certain type of horror movie; the gothic tradition. The gothic tradition was very dark, and mysterious. These types of movies lasted form the 1940’s to the 1960. In the 1970’s things became more sexual and violent. Many of the horror movies around the time of 1970 to 1990’s involved a lot of sex, and blood. This when the Jason movies came out. Friday the 13^th movies were based on religion some.  The teenagers that would die were involved in weed, drinking, and pre-marriage sex, and the ones who survived didn't get into that stuff. Every movie around these years were based upon that until The Exorcist. This was the first time where they saw something evil. This was he first time where they used evil in oneself. In this documentary, I believe it was John Carpenter who said this, but there are two kinds of horror movies. One where the evil is in monster, and creatures that don't look like us and where the evil is within us.