Idea.2

I really like this idea about horror but if i had to limit the content to just one idea then maybe i could focus on Vampire movies only, since the 1920's up until present day. Anything from films such as Nosferatu (1922) and the silent era when vampires were seen as scary beings, to Interview with the vampire (1994) and how these films have evolved into what we know as Underworld (2003) and Twilight (2009) etc where vampires are idolised and desired by most. The very origins of horror have been changed over time into something which isn’t as scary as it used to be, again linking in modern gory films such as hostel and saw etc and how the shock factor has been raised. The music in these films are all important which links the film to the time period. Interview with the vampire has classical music and Victorian style costumes, whereas Underworld has modern heavy music and leather/pvc costumes. I’m not certain yet but i could link in background history about Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory, and real life ‘vampires’ in the 17/18^th century, along with common diseases and conditions at the time which inspired vampire movies, that aren’t entirely fictional. These were common diseases such as Catalepsy and Porpheria. The link below gives a description:

http://vampire.lunykimberlysworld.com/diseases.html

I have around 14-15 vampire movies to look at which i could limit to a few. I’m interested in the key concepts of vampire movies and the issues/folklore/history surrounding them. The figures we used to see as the ‘outsiders’ in society are now the heroes of modern vampire films.

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabeth-bathory.htm

I think Interview with the vampire was the first film to show life as a vampire from a vampires point of view making the audience feel sympathetic towards the 'monsters', along with Queen of the damned (2002) both very similar, of which are Anne Rice novels.

I am reading 'A Vampire handbook, BITE'  at the moment by Kevin Jackson which has some cool facts.