Horror Movies

Horror movies have come a long way since their beginning. They are all very unique and can be very interesting and scary or they can be so phony that people are disgusted . There are several things that I have noticed about scary movies that seem to be what makes them a scary movies. One of the biggest conventions of Horror movies is the use of darkness. Darkness is a symbol of uncertainty, evil, barrenness. Most of the time one will see that the There are all some of the things that the characters in horror movies experience or see while the movie is going on. It also acts as a type of blindness so that the main characters do not know what to expect on their quest to remove themselves from the precarious situation. Most times the evil character has black eyes symbolizing their lack of a soul and most times their evil deeds are done at night . The music that is used in scary movies also acts to further the suspense in the movie. There will be scenes in a movie where there is total silence and the main characters can only hear their own movements and nothing else. There are also times where there is music playing such as a sick violin, or a daring devilish cello and then the villan jumps out and the music erupts while the victim is taken away or killed. All in all , I personally hate scary movies because of these conventions and the many others used to make one feel that “fight or flight” emotion. I’ts just not necessary.

Lyrics to a Song

One of my most favorite rock bands is Evanescence and I decided to look at their song “ Call ME When You’re Sober”. It is a really interesting and energetic song. I like the raw emotion that Amy Lee the lead singer of the bad emits as she talks about the woes of having a boyfriend that had an alcohol problem. Amy Lee used to date the lead singer from the band Seether . She even collaborated on a song with him for the soundtrack for the Punisher. The song that they did together was called “ Broken”. In the song “ Call Me When You’re Sober” , Lee tells he listeners how hard it was to be with a person with the type of addiction that he had. She goes back and forth with her mixed feelings toward the situation “ Should I let you fall ? Lose it all ? So maybe you can remember yourself.” Her ex-boyfriend had turned into someone totally different and she thinks that perhaps if she let him learn the hard way, he will come back to his senses. She in another verse comes to see that he is trying to blame all of his troubles on everyone else instead of himself. /’ Couldn’t take the blame, sick with shame, must be exhausting to lose your own game, selfishly hated ,no wonder your jaded, you can’t play the victim this time, and you’re too late. All this was due to a drinking problem which plagues hundreds of other people in the world. This is why the song was such a hiy. Other people can relate to the feelings that Amy Lee was sharing in her song.