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Discuss how Wes Craven exploits the Slasher-movie Genre, in Scream, to raise moral questions about the effects of watching violent movies on their audience.
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Scream GCSE English Media Course Work "Movies don't create psychos, Movies makes psychos more Creative." (Billy Loomie, "Scream") Discuss how Wes Craven exploits the Slasher-movie Genre, in Scream, to raise moral questions about the effects of watching violent movies on their audience. The Slasher-movie is one of the most common known films. They usually comprise American white suburbia where the teens are killed unprotected by the authorities and parents. These films include Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street. Here a killer in the white suburbs disturbs the classic glossy white American living. Scream is a slasher movie and uses lots of techniques to emphasize some of the ethical issues. In Scream a large number of conventions are used. They are used as references from other films and some just from the very stereotypical slasher movies. The first scene is ridden with lots of small cross-references to other films. One of the first things that you...
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