Horror Movies to Create Readers Between $750 Million and $1 Billion in When She Moves to a New House Which Maximum Impact
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CLICK HERE: FOR PAGE 3 AND 4 “What scares me is what scares you. We’re all afraid of the same things. That’s why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask FILMS.BOOKS.MUSIC yourself what frightens you and you’ll know what frightens me.” SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2020 JOHN CARPENTER, filmmaker 03 Pics: Istock FrightfullyFrightfully YoursYours Here are 13 deliciously-satisfying books and movies to help you ease into the genre of horror. What could be a better time to start than Halloween? Films Books Coraline: Exploring her old rambling house, Are You Afraid of the Dark? by Seth little girl, Coraline, finds a secret door, and C Adams: After the death of his 1through it she walks into a parallel version of What they said about Character of 1father, 14-year-old Reggie likes to her house, a more ‘perfect’ hang out at his treehouse in the forest version. Or, is it? film music composition the week behind his home, until a bleeding man Hotel Transylvania stumbles out of the series: An want to write and feel KATNISS EVERDEEN trees and they form a 2excellent way to the drama. Music peculiar friendship. introduce horror to kids Iis essentially an The Hunger Games is through comedy. In emotional language, Slasher this film, Dracula owns so you want to feel hen we are introduced Girls & a high-end resort for something from the to Katniss Everdeen, 2Monster Boys monsters, and does relationships, and build Wwe learn she is a keen by April Genevieve everything in his power to music based on those archer, hunts, and provides for her Tucholke: From keep his daughter from feelings.” family in a futuristic strife-torn unsettlingly falling in — Howard Shore, composer world, where people from different supernatural to disturbingly plausible love with “If I weren’t a director, I would zones are thrown into the deadly realism, this anthology has lots of little eeeeks… a human! want to be a film composer.” Hunger Games, based on a luck of horrors for all types of thrill seekers. — Steven Spielberg, director draw. When her younger sister's Corpse Bride: In Tim Burton’s “Film music should have the same name is announced, to save her, Undead Girl Gang by Lilly gothic horror romance, Victor relationship to the film drama that she asks to be taken in her place. Anderson: Mila is horrified when 3marries a skeleton bride by somebody’s piano playing in my With grit, battle wits, survival 3the death of her best friend and mistake even as his real bride waits. living room has to the book I’m instinct, and a heart of gold in a two others is called a suicide pact. She Burton is the master of introducing reading. world gone really bad, she finds knows it was ‘dark’ to kids in his animated and — Igor Stravinsky, composer the courage to face murder, and brings feature films simply through how he “In the film work, I love to work insurmountable tasks, and the three girls weaves romance beautifully in all his mainly from the script and from makes friends on the way, even back to life in tales. talking to the directors, so a lot as her fan following keeps order to solve the of the music, big portions of the growing every day. Actor mystery. The Goonies: Best friends, a scores that I’ve made, have been Jennifer Lawrence aced the small struggling small composed before the movies were even portrayal of the 16-year-old Shutter by 4town, villains, budding shot.” protagonist in the film version Courtney romances and hidden — Gustavo Santaolalla, composer of Suzanne Collins’ 4Alameda: treasures… even today, this 1985 eponymous book trilogy. Micheline is an exorcist and the last film stands out as one the best remaining descendants of the Van films about friendship, and Helsing clan who gets infected by her facing our worst fears, along own curse. with friends. World Record for the world’s most widely- syndicated comic strip. The Merciless Let’s talk about: The cat, who famously loves E.T. The Extra by Danielle Terrestrial: lasagne, hates Mondays and sheds fur 5Vega: Sofia loves her new school and 5Another great copiously, is accompanied in the series is part of a popular girl gang until their way to introduce horror also is to watch films by his owner Jon Arbuckle — leader announces that a fellow student that aren’t necessarily horror, but has Garfield perennially trying to win a date with Liz, needs to be children dealing with fear. ‘E.T. a sardonic vet — and fellow pets like exorcised. She The Extra Odie the dog, Arlene and Nermal, his agrees only to Terrestrial’ is a film arfield, the cantankerous kitten cousin and nemesis. Garfield’s discover that it’s we all watched as ginger feline created by Jim curmudgeonly nature, moderate really torture. kids, and we will Davis, debuted on June 19, misanthropy and unapologetic gluttony never forget as adults. 1978, when he was syndicated are all recognisable traits that have Diary of a in 41 American newspapers. endeared him to millions. Moreover, his Haunting by GBy 1981, Garfield’s popularity was simple adventures – sparring with Jon, Jaws: Again, this classic film, 6M Verano: when watched with such that he appeared in 850 papers. shoving Odie off the kitchen table – ‘Paranormal 6parents, introduces fear and By 2002, the total was 2,570, giving him build to a satisfying punchline. No Activity’ meets ‘The Blair Witch Project’. A adrenaline rush. Also, pay an approximate wonder, Garfield also quickly became a young girl recounts the inexplicable attention to how sound is used in audience of 263m commercial juggernaut, shifting paranormal events that begin to occur horror movies to create readers between $750 million and $1 billion in when she moves to a new house which maximum impact. worldwide and merchandise annually. Perhaps Davis’ was home a sinister cult a century ago. a Guinness canniest instinct was to tap into our Monsters Inc.: Monsters undying fascination with cats and their Ten by Gretchen McNeil: Inc. is the largest scare shamelessly self-centred world view. Penned along the lines of 7factory in Monstropolis, What do you think? 7Agatha Christie’s classic ‘And where best friends Sulley and Then There Were None’, the story Mike are the top scarers. Their is about 10 privileged teens who lives are hugely disrupted come together to a remote island when a human girl for a party — only to start being enters their world. murdered one by one. Casper: A woman The Uninvited hires a How to introduce by Dorothy 8paranormal 8Macardle: A expert, Dr pair of siblings James Harvey, escape their fast- to exorcise the paced London life ghosts from to Cliff End in the countryside only to be her mansion. But Harvey’s daughter warned by the locals, in hushed tones, that befriends Casper, a friendly ghost. to their new home is haunted. Goosebumps: When YOUNGSTERS Water Ghosts by monsters are unleashed from his Shawna Yang Ryan: 9manuscripts to terrorise his town, it’s up 9This historical ghost to R.L. Stine, the author, to send them back story, set in the 1930s, to the books. begins when three Chinese women appear out of the mist in a small Ghostbusters: Californian town scaring the One of the townspeople who 10best horror want to know who comedies in the they are, and what world, this film tells Begin with a book, they want. the story of Peter Venkman, Raymond graduateHORROR to MOVIES The Institute Stantz and Egon Spengler. They by Stephen lose their jobs as scientists and animation films, 10King: An establish their institution and its sinister staff torture own company and then some children in an attempt named to extract their gifts. Ghostbusters, horror comedy… to fight evil Night of the ghosts lurking in New York. [email protected] Living Dummy, 11Goosebumps Frankenweenie: In this Tim t’s a question most parents ponder #1 by R L Stine: No list of Burton film, a young boy, over. Now that we are spending far scary children’s story is complete 11Victor, conducts a science Imore time than ever at home, we without the original and most popular experiment to bring his beloved dog, have the luxury to slowly introduce the books of all time. This title is the original Sparky, back to life, only to face genre of horror to students. Let’s talk book in the series, and is about monstrous consequences. about a few ways to go about it… freaky ventriloquists and their dummies. Arachnophobia: Dr James Slow and steady Atherton, who is terrified of Age is a bar his/her friends over and watch a Small Spaces 12spiders, moves to a small town, The first thing to understand is that movie together.If that’s not possible by Katherine where people are dying without any one must go about the process of in- Which movies will you begin with de- in Covid-times, parents can slot a time 12Arden: A hair- visible reason. After troduction slowly and gradual- pends on the age of the students. for the kids and his/her friends to raising adventure tale investigating, he ly, and talk about the expe- Films like ‘Casper’, ‘Hotel watch the movie at the same time, and featuring an 11-year-old discovers that a flock of rience with the kids once TALK Transylvania’ are a good then discuss it on a video chat. Ollie, who comes across spiders are responsible the movie viewing part IT OUT place to start with kids a creepy book whose for it! is over.