From Horror History

Horror could help people release themselves

From long time history passing, people get safer and safer than before, lots of unknown things be understand by technology. Also, with the law becomes sound, the death of people becomes few. But people always want to get better, so they try to know unknown things clearly.

At the same time, kinds of stress appears in kinds of human beings, people want a release by some irritant sport or program. They try to find out exciting and unsafe when they are being in a safety place.

At this time, horror film becomes famous. Because it not only release people but also explain some unknown effect by kinds of techniques.








早期

早期的经典恐怖片往往涉及到主题思想有三：一是对生命的由来和意义的思考，借此展开人类对上帝的挑战
二是人类对自身的认知，环境压迫下的人格分裂和自我认同的丧失
三是人类对情感本能的体验，超越时空和物种的浪漫爱情

现代

现代恐怖片独有的特性就在于：所有那些既能吸引观众又能为观众所嫌恶的黑暗、原始和不适的特性因素都被当成恐怖片的叙事元素不遗余力地运用到恐怖片中。