Once upon a time when I was 8 years old. It was a pitch-black night with bone-chilling winds. I went to an horrifying Haunted House In Los Angeles California where the people say it’s the most paranormal haunted house in the city. Right when I went in, there where people gripping my arm and glaring at me and all of a sudden, boom someone grabbed my legs and a disturbing mortals with the most nerve racking costume crawled on me. I went screaming out and crying with a terrified look on my face. It was supposed to be a amazing and entertaining experience but it rapidly transformed into a horrified night that I will remember for the rest of my life. Transformation obviously creates fear because it’s unexpected.This can be seen in the following three stories as well such as, Oates 's “Where is Here,” Arthur Tress’ “Dream Collector” and Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” uses transformation of an ordinary person and an ordinary setting to show us how easily …show more content…
An example would be the photo of the small boy with the hooded figure. This photo has an ordinary background, but has a hooded figure with its hands on the little boy. This photo creates fear because the photo’s background is all too real. The photo’s unpleasant foreground with a regular background makes reader question if there is a weird hooded figure roaming in the woods. It creates a fearsome feeling which causes questioning as well.
Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” transformation scares reader because two siblings have just bought a house that was amazing and beautiful. It was very peaceful until one day they found out that the house was invaded and take over by some ghost or unknown people. They had heard a lot of noises from the other side of their house. “do you hear that noise”. It explains how a peaceful day transformed to a horror and frightening day. It was very unexpected and brought up a lot of suspense. Who could it
These images enhance the main plot, by building upon the fear that it evokes. Without these images, the episode does not seem as
In " House Taken Over”, the author Julio Cortazar creates an unimpressed tone based on the dialogue between the main characters in the story. The characters in the short story get faced with many terrifying events, yet remain unbothered. For instance, after the characters had noticed the noises in their home, Irene ¨Picked up her needles again and stated ¨we´ll have to live on this side¨ (Cortazar 40). Instead of leaving the house and getting somewhere safe, the characters in the story show no emotion. the narrator informed Irene of the mysterious creature, and continued to live an ordinary life and just isolated themselves.
These chilling visual details contribute to a pervasive sense of fear and isolation, transporting us deep into the eerie heart of Count Dracula's foreboding castle.
Over the summer about two weeks after school ended, my friends and I were hiking. My friend told us to rest on the rocks on our way to a cave. While we were resting on the rock we had a rattle and dint know what it was until it was near my friends foot. The rattlesnake was near my friends foot and when it rattle we looked around and saw the snake and we ran before it bit any of us. My friend ran so fast down the hill and ran for long time even though we were long gone from the snake.
Everyone in front of me were yelling,screaming, and trying to run away. But as I continued nothing came or tried to scare me probably cause I was walking slow and looking around until the end when i had confidence it was over this man popped out from top in front of me. The transformation created fear because it was going smooth until they scared me. “House Taken Over”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, and “Where is Here” all use transformation to make the story better so it goes from calm and smooth until something goes terrible or the story gets scary. Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where is Here” transformation scares readers because the story goes from being a nice happy day to a curious and scary day.
I was in 7th grade and I was on spring break with my family. I had brought Lumpy with me on the trip. During our third day there my mom had us switch rooms for some reason. What I didn’t know was that I had left him in the first room we stayed in. I started crying and thought I had lost him forever.
Without giving her any background information on the Hitchcock Etudes, I told her that I wanted her to listen to this song. I presented her with the video in a public and busy atmosphere, then after listening asked her what she thought. Overall, she enjoyed the piece. She felt that Lizeé expanded on the terror that Hitchcock created by using his intense cuts and repetition in audio and video. In her words, “These changes in the once familiar create a tension and anxiety in the piece.
The story of The Haunting of Hill House is a horror classic. The book and movie depict this terrifying story in vastly different ways. The movie uses cinematic techniques that a book can not portray: music, acting, and props. The book uses imagery, internal monologue, and suspense to peak fear in the readers. Movies are a different way of portraying a story, but movies aren’t always able to depict everything in the book.
This scene completely diminishes the fear and horror suggested by the manipulative title. For instance, you would not expect a horror movie to start out this way, yet this film does exactly that. Moreover, the tone of
Fear plays a big part in everyone’s lives. While not everyone will admit it, everyone is scared of something. There is a lot that isn’t known about the world and everything in it. For some this is a tool that can be used to develop horror in literature as well as many other things. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
Jimenez describes the new house that Panchito and his family move to with an abundance of details. He writes “The garage was worn out by the years. It had no windows. The walls, eaten by termites, strained to support the roof full of holes. The dirt floor, populated by earthworms, looked like a gray road map.”
However, as we grow, we learn that these scary stories are meant to teach us something. Mary Shelley’s novel is a great example. The first adaptation can be classified as a translation. Mary Shelley’s
How can fear affect lives? Fear is very powerful and sometimes creates pain also can make many people hallucinate many terrible things if imagination takes over. It is everywhere even if it is not reasonable but it affects anyone at some point of their lives and they usually panic when they are not sure what is going on. When not being in a safe environment, fear of the unknown, and scary entity are present together our imagination can take over and we lose our minds because of many hallucinations.
“ The Fall of the House of Usher “ by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story about a man named Roderick Usher who initiates some events such as evoking his friend The Narrator as a protagonist to the dreadful mansion. The images such as the house and gothic ambience are used to reinforce the idea of giving the mystery to the reader. Edgar Allan Poe uses gothic elements to show how they affect the atmosphere and the characters. In the beginning , the gothic atmosphere of the house is indicated with terrifying images such as “ dull, dark and soundless ” that the feeling of horror vaccinated into reader by the thoughts of the narrator.
As I approach the house, I smell the old musty smell of the house. When I step on the front steps of the house, I hear a creak from underneath the floorboards. With every step, it seems like the creaking gets louder. I rap my hands around the dusty door handle and slowly pull open the unlocked door. The inside looks like what you’d expect.