History Of A Horror Character

History Of

Jason Vorhees

Jason Vorhees is the killer in the “Friday The 13^th” series. He is a well known and feared killer in all of the horror films. He is well known because the character was such a big hit in the first ever “Friday The 13^th” in 1980 and the different producers also went on to make 11 other films with this character in it. I think this is because the character had such good reception and after a few films were made Jason I believe is seen as a one of the pioneers of the slasher horrors. Jason Vorhees also has a very memorable look because he always wears his Hockey mask and carries his machete, so he is a face that people will instantly recognize.

In the first film of “Friday the 13^th” Jason Vorhees was the main character of the film but he was never seen other than in the memories of his mother. Jason’s mother was killed in the first installment of the series and after this film he became the main character of the “Friday the 13^th” films. In the second installment to the series “Friday the 13^th part 2” which was released a year later Jason exacts revenge on his mother’s killer but at the end of this film is the first time the audience are left thinking Jason has been killed. Friday the 13^th part 3” has a major scene in it which helps to create this character. When Jason hides in a barn to rest his wounds he kills all the victims that enter and one of them was wearing a hockey mask which Jason takes to seal his identity.

Throughout the other 8 films that run in this series the main plot really is a murderous man who murders victims that go to a place called “Camp Crystal Lake”. In a lot of the films the audience are left thinking that Jason has been killed but in the newer films it has been discovered that Jason has regenerative powers and this is why he can not be killed so easily apart from in the last film of the series not including the prequel. In “Friday the 13^th 10” Jason has been frozen in time during testing in a research lab and is found by a team of students 445 years later and as everything is futuristic the final scene results in Jason being thrown of a spaceship into the Earths atmosphere and with him hurdling towards the Earth, burning in the atmosphere without time for regeneration.There was also a film made titled “Freddie vs. Jason” which has the star and killer out of “Nightmare on Elm Street” which is Freddie Krueger. Freddie manipulates Jason to kill people in a place called Springwood, but Jason doesn't want to stop killing so it results in Freddie and Jason having a fight in both of the sets that are from both films, the dream world for Freddie and Camp Crystal Lake for Jason. The final scene shows Jason holding Freddie’s severed head but the head winks at the camera and laughs so no one really knows who won the fight.

The role of the production company

The role of the production is to supply producers for a film that is in the processes of being made. Without producers there wouldn’t be a film. Producers generally bring in the director and cinematographer for films and this is what creates the films that we watch today, but this is only the pre-production side of things. The producers will also create the scenes and supply the props for the film that is being created.

The production company will also be the funding behind most films that are made. Everything that is put into the film that is in production has to go through the producers first like the script etc. This is because the production company wont want to waste there money on a film in where they don’t think they will get it back and make a profit because that is what all production companies will be wanting to do.

The production system works by a final script being produced by the screenwriters and then it enters the pre production phase where the production company will hire their staff and look for the actors that will be right for the film, most productions don’t get this far due to lack of funding or not being able to find the right person for the job. After all of the staff is sorted and the production company have rights to shoot on the chosen locations and rights to use whatever needs to be used then filming will begin, it is very rare that a production will be cancelled during this stage. The post-production phase is where the producers and the production company will sort out marketing and publicity for the film that has just been produced all in an attempt to get the amount of viewers they want and gain a profit after they have funded for the whole film to be created.  

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Sinister

Film Analysis

Sinister is a horror film about the occult, you don’t find this out till quite a way through the movie though. The film is about an author who writes books on certain crimes and what the police may have missed out on. The main character takes his family and they move into the house of a crime scene where a horrible act occurred in the back garden. The main character goes on to find clues of this murder as well as other murders that he believes are all connected because in every single murder the whole family was killed apart from one child who went missing. The main character is tormented and teased by the killer or killers throughout the film by supernatural things happening in the house. As soon as the story unfolds and all the questions are answered in one of the final scenes the main character realises that what has happened to all the other families is now about to happen to him.

Sinister has one main killer who possesses children to do his dirty work for him but he is always watching over them while this is happening. The main character and his family I suppose you could say are the victims in this film. Being that this film is quite a mystery up until the end of the film is quite unpredictable as to what will happen because the whole film is quite confusing till it is all brought to a conclusion at the end of the movie when everything has been explained.

In this film couldn’t really see much relation to society within it due to the fact that is a film about things that don’t exist so none of this could ever really happen. The demon type character in this film has been made up for this film only so it’s hard to see a direct link to society in the film. This film may have hidden meanings within the plot of the film but I didn’t seem to catch any when I watched it, I think this was just a horror film made that didn’t need to have any form of hidden meaning in the film because the film was good enough without it. It was exciting and left the viewer full of suspense while watching the film as to what will happen and overall I thought it was a very good film.

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Saw

Film Analysis

This horror movie that I watched you could say was a Psychological Thriller to a certain extent due to the strange plot twists within this film. The film is about a man who puts his victims into machines or scenarios where they will either die or have to do something horrific to wither themselves or someone else to come out of what the killer in the film calls “a game”. There main plot during this film shows the story of two men who have been captured by Jigsaw, the killer. It shows how they were captured why they were taken and what happens to them while they are take hostage and put into there traps which is a chain around there ankles connected to a metal pipe and the only way that they can break free is if they saw through there own foot before the poisonous gas in the air kills them.

When the film starts it throws the audience straight into the action by showing a minor character in the film in one of Jigsaw’s traps and it tells the audience what the film is going to be about straight away. This is the minor characters only appearance in the whole film because the only reason he is in the film is to show the audience the idea of the film and he dies in the first scene.

The types of characters in this film challenges the original idea of what horror films normally have in film, the film does have one killer and numerous victims but the killer also has an acquaintance in this film who helps him kidnap one of the victims wife and children but this acquaintance ends up being a victim in because jigsaw mad this man do these things if not he would die. This is what I mean about this film being a psychological thriller it has a lot of plot twists within the film that you generally find out at the end.

This film has been written quite cleverly because the killer in this film doesn’t just kill random people he kills people who have done bad things in there life and Jigsaw always talks about how it isn’t him who kills them he gives them a chance to redeem themselves if not they kill themselves. So this relates to society today really and it asks people questions, do people who do bad things deserve to die or be put in these positions?

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Let The Right One In

Film Analysis

“Let the right one in” is a Swedish vampire film about a young boy who is bullied at school and he doesn’t seem to have any friends until befriends a young girl by the name of “Eli” who has only just appeared in “Oskar’s” (the young boy’s) neighbourhood. As the film progresses the audience are shown that “Eli” is a vampire who is looked after by an older male who is assumed to be her father. This man that is assumed to be Eli’s father goes out and kills victims and drains there blood so he can feed Eli rather than her having to go out and put herself in danger. During the film it seems that a love story is blossoming between the two children, Oskar and Eli, and she goes on to teach him ways to stand up for himself and she ends up saving him from the bullies in the penultimate scene.

This is a film where I believe it leaves the audience to make up what they think of who the victims are in this film, it also lets everyone make there own decision upon what the relationship between Eli and her male acquaintance may be. I think that films like this leave more of an effect on the audience rather than a film where all the questions are answered because it doesn’t leave you thinking after the film has finished.

This isn’t a typical horror because there isn’t a victim and a killer, in a way I suppose you could say Oskar is a victim but also the killer because if he had not existed then Eli would not have killed his bullies and they could be the victims. This is why I find this film very interesting because it is all up to the viewer on what they think and who they think is the killer and victim really is in this film.

This film also brings up the question of whether the bad person in this film is actually a bad character or is only doing these awful things for survival. The last scene of the film shows Oskar on a train with a box which Eli is in. This shows the audience that they may be running away together and she could just be using Oskar like she was using her male acquaintance, to get blood for her so she won’t get caught. This brings up questions as well like how many times has Eli done this and how old could what the audience assumed was a young girl.