Showbiz: Amateur Adventures in Film Studies

We do a bit of learning about the elements of the Science Fiction genre in our third lesson...

We do a bit of noticing of psychological horror and the importance of a good title in Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Don't Look Now directed by Nicolas Roeg.

We do a bit of noticing of the origins of the Slasher genre with Black Christmas directed by Bob Clark and Texas Chainsaw Massacre directed by Tobe Hooper.

We do a bit of noticing of Christmas magic (?) and that George Bailey is kinda an entitled jerk-face in It's a Wonderful Life.

We do a bit of noticing of alien nutrition, sexy vampires, and Art House Horror in Under the Skin directed by Jonathan Glazer and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night directed by Ana Lily Amirpour.

We do a bit of noticing of body horror in The Fly directed by David Cronenberg and Titane directed by Julia Ducournau.

We did a bit of noticing of the elements of supernatural horror in Carrie and Ringu.

We do a bit of noticing of zombie fiction with Romero's grandaddy of all zombie flicks, Night of the Living Dead and the most recent addition, Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later.