In this reading Noel Carroll uses the term "Art-Horror," to describe the typical horror movies or films that usually include a monster or vilian. He talks about how "the genres that are named by the very affect that are designed to provoke suggest a particularly tantalizing strategy through which to pursue their analysis." These "genres" he talks about are ones that make you think about 'strategy or analysis' or either the piece itself or the story within it. He says works of horror are "designed to elicit a certain kind of affect." He says it is an emtion, that he calls "Art-Horror." The suspense of the piece, which he ususally is speaking about film pieces, create a sort of suspense that provokes the viewer to explore into it more, or ask themselves questions that can only be answered in viewing the film.
Cynthia Freeland however sees horror talks about how horror starts in the newspapers and ends up on screen in Hollywood, something she calls realist horror. She talks about 'The Silence of the Lambs,' and how the story was based upon facts about the real-life corpus stealer, Ed Gein. The media coverage of the arrest of Dahmer, caused the movie scene to produce the movie, "Body Parts." Which is not only a great supporting example for Freeland but also very true. Look at the media coverage of 9/11 and everyone who was lost, and now there is a movie about it. right? who is to say whether it is right or wrong, but another example of Freeland's point.
Is this cycle every going to break? or will we continue to create movies out of horrifying real-life stories?
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