Wheeler Winston Dixton
Wheeler Winston Dixton theory stats that men and women in horror films are sites of activity within a horror movie/scene. Normally within a horror movie the 'site of activity' is a character the audience are introduced to inside of the opening scene. The audience are given little time to become attached to the actor, the audience have no time to develop a relationship with the character in the opening scene - they are given no information such as names, ages or any personalities. The first 'site of activity' is often forgot by the audience within the first five/ten minutes of the film. Our group tried to include this into our opening scene by giving the audience limited information about the characters in the opening scene - we wanted the audience to think of them as sites of activity.
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Janusz Kaminski
Janusz Kaminski's theory stats that the killer should only use weapons that emphasise the killers personal pleasure in killing which would mean a killer should never use a gun. He also suggests that the killers weapon of choice should represent who they are and why they kill. An example of personal extension is a knife or chainsaw because because in order to kill the victim you have to be close to them which makes the killing more personal and physical.
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Wes Craven
This here is the creator of Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Hills Have Eyes. Cravens theory on horror states that walls which are designed to keep the attacker out can quickly become a prison when the attacker gets in. Its is centred around the theory of horror occurring in safe places. This can be seen in Nightmare on Elm Street as most of the kilings happen in someones bedroom while they're asleep.
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Carol Clovers
Carol Clovers book "Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in Modern Horror Film" states many of her theories. The first being that the Killer is either sexually disturbed (i.e. Freddy Krueger was a Paedophile, as was Leatherface who also took part in incestous relationships.) or have had issues with their childhood (Jason Voorhees was drowned as a child, Ghost-face's mother regularly slept around). Part of her theory states that terrible things happen in bad places, which contradicts Wes Cravens "Safe Haven" theory. For example, Friday the 13th is set at an abandoned summer camp, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is set at a dilapidated country farm house in Texas, Candyman is set in a crime filled apartment complex. The next part of her theory states that the victims are always beautiful teenage girls, as they are attractive and appeal to the male audience. The last part of her theory states that there is always a "final girl" who is not sexually attractive, is slightly boyish, may have a male name and is the one who survives the killer (for example, Alice in Friday the 13th)
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