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Originally Posted by Staal
Some of you guys were talking about the socioeconomic situation. But I am not really sure how this effects the horror genre. Could anyone elaborate on this?
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My God.
I just
GOOGLED "how horror reflects society" and got:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/oct/31/horror
http://www.jademyst.com/essays/10.html
http://www.siu.edu/~perspect/06_sp/horror.html
http://www.horrorfilmhistory.com/
The concept of horror (or art in general) being affected by society (socioeconomic times, strife, etc.) is not really a new one. Plato and Aristotle mused about the concept of "mimesis" wherein art specifically reflected society and nature. Put simply, when society changes, its art changes.
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Originally Posted by Staal
My final thought was to, as someone suggested, look into the progression of slashers. But then again - Is there enough to write about here? And which movies would be good for me to look up? As said, my knowledge when it comes to old horror movies is limited at best.
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Googled "history of slasher"
http://www.notcoming.com/features/slasherhistory/
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/709/
http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/b...sherfilms.html
If you're not comfortable or knowledgeable on the topic (or can't even use Google), then my suggestion is to do something else. Also - Isn't part of the
point of research papers is to, uhm,
do research?