Blog 5 - evidence of wider reading

''A great horror film, the first and certainly one of the best film versions of any Stephen King novel. Carrie is a strange and satisfying blend of humor, horror, teen angst and melodrama. It's everything a horror fan could ask. '' http://classicfilm.about.com/od/earlysciencefiction/fr/CarrieReview.htm
The reviewer here is stating that ''Carrie" is an all round horror film and that you should see it if you like horror's as it will appeal to anybody who likes the horror genre. This film is a teen horror as it uses teenage characters and is based around a school prom. The reviewer here is saying that it is an all round good film, this helps me whilst I'm thinking about my film as i need to make sure that my script is well rounded and that it really applies to the teen horror fan and uses the typical teen horror things such as school proms and teenagers that are picked on for being different.



"So, out of the seemingly thousands of slasher flicks in existence, I own exactly three: Halloween, it's little cousin Scream, and this, the blessed original A Nightmare on Elm Street. Out of the seemingly thousands of slasher flicks in existence, only these three can have the balls the claim any degree of originality, and the goods to back that claim up." http://chosis.coldfusionvideo.com/nightmare.htm
This reviewer is saying that out of the hundreds of slasher films around the only three he likes are, "Halloween", "Scream" and "A nightmare on elmstreet". His reasoning for this is that they are the only three that dare to be original and can back up there claim to originality. This review is general towards these teen horrors however this helps me to think about my own script as this reviewer says that they like teen horror films that have an original element to them and that their not a fan of films that are the same old style of teen horror.

"Here's the horror-comedy Jennifer's Body in a nutshell: two lifelong friends -- ridiculously hot high school cheerleader Jennifer Check (Megan Fox) and frumpy but devoted Needy Lesnicky (Amanda Seyfried) -- have the ultimate falling out when Jennifer becomes possessed and turns into a man-eating succubus. Jennifer's Body isn't the train wreck that some were probably expecting. It's just another mediocre horror movie about teenagers, and it's neither the best nor the worst of its kind. But it's also not scary enough to work as a horror film, satirical enough to always work as a comedy, or insightful enough to serve as a commentary on teen angst or men's fear of female sexuality. Perhaps the scariest thing about this movie is that it was written by an Oscar winner, Diablo Cody." Read more: http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/101/1019379p1.html#ixzz11ksJTLF2

The reviewer here is saying that the film is ok however he does not think it's scary enough nor funny enough to be classed as a teen horror comedy. This really helps me with my script as i need to make sure that my script fulfills the genre of teen horror and i need to make sure that it is scary enough to pass as a teen horror.