Horror Films And Cinema History - 1560 Words

Throughout literature and cinema history, horror has been used to hide certain fantasies and reach into the deepest parts of the human conscience where their most inner fears exist. It was not till recently that horror characters were used to reach into other parts of the human brain: sexual desires. There are many horror films and books that show women falling for their alleged rapist, characters developing relationships with supernatural creatures, and girls wanting to tear the clothes off a vampire’s body. Vampires have been around since the 18th century where a flux of vampire superstition started in Western Europe. This caused mass hysteria and people being accusingly staked for â€Å"vampirism.† People were scared of the thought of these†¦show more content†¦Writers and filmmakers are wanting to bring in more people to the horror world or even wanting for viewers to have a different reaction to these monsters. By combining horror with different genres of film, they can bring in various types of audiences: one that includes women. Romantic novels have made a complete turn combining horror with romance. This is not a surprising twist due to various types of women’s fantasies and the obsession with romance novels. This is very popular with adult teen novels and tv series. Helen T. Bailie states in her article, Blood Ties: The Vampire Lover in the Popular Romance, â€Å"According to statistics brought out by Romance Writers of America, in 2009, the paranormal subgenre made up 17.16% of the popular romance genre, which in itself comprised 54% of all books sold by the publishing industry.† That is a lot of novels containing paranormal lovers in romantic novels. The most popular of the vampires is Edward Cullen from Twilight. This is the vampire that most young girls dream about when they sleep at night. He is not depicted as this scary monster that early vampires, like Dracula are seen as. He was created for women to fantasize over based on his looks, his car, and his very mysterious gaze. Edward even says in the book to Bella Swan that he is designed to be