Monday, January 26, 2009

First Paragraph Rewrite

“Where not alone, there is something living in the hills”
To what extent is “The Hills Have Eyes” (2006) a typical horror film?

According to Steve Neale the word typical represents the “repertoire of elements” . The repertoire of elements refers to themes and conventions which are repeated in a certain genre. The horror genre has many conventions that stand out that have been recognised as key aspects of the horror genre, things such as “The Final Girl” and “Evil Entity”. Many contemporary horror films have been accused of borrowing elements from other genres of film, this is known as “hybridity. These films are called hybrid films as they are two or more genres mixed together. Richard Maltby states “Genre is not fixed” this suggests that genre is not based on recurring elements but based on the zeitgeist, the spirit of the age. The hills have eyes shows some of the conventions of a typical horror film but it has also borrowed many element from other genres of film, so can it still be classed as a horror? Or a hybrid genre?


“ The Hills Have Eyes” (2006)
Steve Neale (2002), Genre and Contemporary Hollywood
Carol Clover(1992), Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
Richard Maltby(2003), Hollywood Cinema

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