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Why are suburban neigbourhoods a good setting for horror movies?
They seem safe, and it's thus more scary if they're not.
They're often abandoned and thus make it easy for monsters.
They're much scarier than a cabin in the woods.
They seem more real because many viewers live in them.
2
What is this effect called?
jump cut
jump angle
jumping jack
jump scare
3
What does the "final girl," who survives in a horror, usually NOT do?
She doesn't stumble when she's running.
She doesn't have sex.
She doesn't kill anyone.
She doesn't meet the monster.
4
A type of lighting often used in horror films to create high contrast between light and dark.
chiaroscuro
chickennugget
chihuahua
chicanana
5
Three types of monsters commonly used in horror movies.
alien, supernatural and viral
alien, supermarket and vial
alien, supertrooper and vinyl
alien, supernatural and mad human
6
History: why were most copies of Murnau's vampire film
Nosferatu
(1922) destroyed?
It was too scary.
It was thought to have a bad effect on young people.
It violated copyright laws.
It violated good taste.
7
Two fears horror movies usually play on.
monsters and icicles
isolation and monsters
isolation and mothers
icecream and mothballs
8
Trivia: why did Hitchcock film his 1960 horror film
Psycho
in black-and-white?
So he could show a man dressed in women's clothes.
So he could show a knife stabbing a woman.
So he could show a woman in the shower.
So he could show blood going down the shower drain.
9
What purpose do high, low and canted angles serve in horror films?
All of the other answers are correct.
They make everything look out of kilter and thus weird.
They make ordinary settings look strange and threatening.
They make the film's world seem distorted.
10
Suspense and tension in horror movies is often created through...
...diegetic sound.
...no sound.
...dialogue.
...non-diegetic sound.
11
History: the first horror film (1896) by Georges Melies featured what kind of monster?
zombie
werewolf
shark
vampire
12
Though many horror movies are set in isolated places, quite a few are set in...
...kindergartens.
....suburban neighbourhoods.
...holiday parks.
...all of the other answers are correct.
13
What is this camera angle called?
high angle
low angle
14
Iconography in horror movies commonly includes...
knives, religious symbols and dolls
plates, love symbols and train-sets
spoons, traffic symbols and lego
chainsaws, masks and mirrors
15
What is this camera angle called?
dutch tilt
canted
straight on
high angle
