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WARNING! The following presentation contains images not suitable for sensitive viewers. HORROR. PRESENTED BY:. Keith Isbell. Matthew Higgins. Elizabeth Cook. and… John Guadiz.

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  1. WARNING!The following presentation contains images not suitable for sensitive viewers.

  2. HORROR

  3. PRESENTED BY:

  4. Keith Isbell

  5. Matthew Higgins

  6. Elizabeth Cook

  7. and… John Guadiz

  8. "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.“ – Friedrich Nietzche

  9. Elements of Gameplay • Music • Camera • Pace of Game • Environment • Scares vs. Atmosphere (i.e. RE vs. SH)

  10. Themes • Existentialism • Dark, foreboding • Rituals/religion • Death • Fear

  11. Gender • Strong women roles • Heather and Claudia (SH3) • Jill Valentine (RE, RE3) • Claire Redfield (RE2, RE:CV) • Gender equality • Antiheroes – “everyday” people, rarely brave, courageous or admirable

  12. Links to Film • Resident Evil series • “Night of the Living Dead” • “Dawn of the Dead” • “Day of the Dead” • Silent Hill series • “Jacob’s Ladder” • Kuon, Fatal Frame series, Siren • “Ju-on” (“The Grudge”) • “Ringu” (“The Ring”) • Obscure • John Hughes high school teen movie stereotypes (stock characters / archetypes) • Loner, Nerd, Jock, Stoner, Cheerleader, etc. • “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club” • “The Faculty”

  13. Legends/mythology Vampires Demons Ghosts Zombies/Undead Film Nosferatu (1922) Literature H.P. Lovecraft Edgar Allen Poe Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” Video Games Uninvited (NES) Sweet Home (NES) Alone in the Dark (PC) Doom (PC) Resident Evil (PS) Silent Hill (PS) History of Horror

  14. Art, Poetry & Music • H.R. Giger (1940-) • Horror/surrealist painter & sculptor • Designer of “Alien” for the movies • CD cover artist, connections with artists such as: KoRn, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Gwar • Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) • Surrealist painter • The Beat movement • Hippie Movement

  15. Graphic Novels • Hellboy • Batman • Lobo • Spawn • Silent Hill • The Crow • The Punisher

  16. Gothic Culture • Common Symbols: • Skull • Occult symbols / Pentacle • Blood • What is it? • Unique music, art, and literature • Black clothing, makeup, unusual hair, etc. • Medieval, Victorian, Edwardian history • Common Stereotypes • Satanists (Marilyn Manson) • Depressed • Violent • Suicidal • Artistic

  17. Game Examples • Obscure • Siren • Kuon • Manhunt • The Suffering • Doom series • Fatal Frame series • Silent Hill series • Resident Evil series

  18. Summary Important Elements • Music • Art • Film • Culture • Emotion: Fear

  19. THE END

  20. Bibliography IMAGES: • http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0002AOPAE.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg • http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v33/majincroku/shcultsymbol.jpg • http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/artgallery/silenthill2/art01.jpg • http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/artgallery/silenthill2/art03.jpg • http://www.bobotheseal.com/temp/other/American-Gothic.jpg • http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/img/wood_amgothic.jpg • http://www.silenthillheaven.com/Site/SHdvd/Creature/Pic_23.jpg • http://www.goldenaby.ru/GoldenAby_english/images/Kitten_2weeks.jpg • http://www.slbradio.com/kitties.jpg • http://www.geocities.com/kornonthekobb02/peachyface.JPG VIDEO SHORTS: • Cunningham, Chris. “Come to Daddy.” The Work of Director Chris Cunningham. 2003. • Romero, George A. “Night of the Living Dead.” 1968. OTHER: • Beyonce. “Crazy In Love.” Dangerously in Love. 2003. • Konami. “Float up from dream.” Silent Hill 3 Soundtrack. 2003. • http://www.religioustolerance.org/goth.htm

  21. Bibliography cont. • http://grimthing.com/wallpaper/Lobo.jpg • http://flexen.dk/wall/skullyell.jpg • http://www.widescreenfilmfestival.org/wsff_press/nosferatu.jpg • http://student.fho-emden.de/~danbusem/Art-%20H.R.%20Giger-%20The%20Spell%20I.jpg

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