Draft-Research Project- Genre- Horror- Vampires- Rayaan Haji
Muhumed
The sub-genre of vampire film began in the early 20th
century through the silent films. This became well known through the deception
of a creature that drinks blood. People were engaged through the different ways
they came across vampires through films. A notable vampire film is the ‘Dracula’
film through the rise in attention for this film there are many modified to fit
in with today’s society, the reality we live in now. This film had increased
its status of vampires to co-exist and integrate in the horror section. This part
of the film still remains popular as the audience influence has increased as
people enjoy the surprises and the unexpected in horror films. It has
influenced many films such as twilight and popular TV series – vampire diaries
and the originals. However the genre has developed into the idea of vampire
love. The iconography expected to see in this genre is blood; sinister looking faces;
black cloaks and coffins. The conventions linked with the genre is death. The vampires
are dead; in order to survive they to need have blood. This is through biting
humans and sometimes can lead into killing them or turning them into the
creatures they are.
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