Alexa's References

Paranormal Activity

1. Paranormal Activity box office stats:

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/PNACT.php

2. Ebert, Roger. "Paranormal Activity." Roger Ebert. 7 oct. 2009. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091007/REVIEWS/910089996

3. Walsh, Martin. "The Future of Filmmaking: Seizing back the Six Pillars of Cinema." SPAA Conference Network. 23 Oct 2009.

http://www.spaaconferencenetwork.com/blog/future-filmmaking-seizing-back-control-six-pillars-cinema

4. Corliss, Richard. "Paranormal Activity: A Horror Phenomenon." TIME. 10 Oct. 2009.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1929648,00.html

5. Vasquez, Felix. "Paranormal Activity." Film Threat. 21 Sept. 2009.

http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/10456/

6. Lally, Kevin. "Film Review: Paranormal Activity." Film Journal International. Oct 2009.

http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/esearch/e3iac01dbe8df0edc2282bd10081748d35d

Saw

1. Box Office: http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2004/SAW.php

2. Ebert, Roger. "Saw." Roger Ebert. 29 Oct 2004

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articleAID=/20041028/REVIEWS/40923005/ 1023

3. Corliss, Richard. "Saw Came and Conquered." TIME. 27 Oct 2006.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1551581,00.html

4. Feld, Bruce. "Saw." Film Journal International. Oct 2004.

http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/esearch/article_display.jsp vnu_content_id=1000705368

References for my blog posts

Brevet, Brad. Rev. of Paranormal Activity. Dir. Oren Peli. Rope of Silicon. The Industry Insider. 12 Oct. 2009. Web. 24 Apr. 2011.

Edelstein, David. “Now Playing at your Local Multiplex: Torture Porn.” New York Movies. New York Movies, 28 Jan, 2006. Web. 24 Apr. 2011.

Harris, Mark H. “A Timeline History of Horror Movies.” About. About. Web 24 Apr. 2011.

Harris, Mark H. “Exploitation Films 101.” About. About. Web 24 Apr. 2011.

Rogers, Thomas. “The meaning of torture porn.” Salon. Salon, 7 Jun. 2010. Web. 24 Apr 2011.

Xu, Jennifer. Rev of Paranormal Activity. Dir. Oren Peli. The Michigan Daily. The Michigan Daily. 11 Oct. 2009. Web. 24 Apr. 2011

Blog References and Sources

Box Office Mojo. com. Paranormal Activity.

Box Office Mojo. com. Saw.

Brevet, Brad. 2009. Wanna know How "Paranormal Activity" Originally Ended. Rope of Silicon.com, last modified October 12th

Brimstone Pit.org. 2009. "The Girl Next Door." Last modified December 3.

Clover, Carol J. Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Corliss, Richard. 2006. "Saw Came and Conquered." Time, October 27.

Corliss, Richard. 2009. Paranormal Activity: A Horror Phenomenon. Time, October 10

Crane, Jonathan L. 1994. Terrors and Everyday Life: Singular Moments in the History of the Horror Film. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Derry, Charles. 2009. Dark Dreams 2.0: A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film from the 1950s to the 21st Century. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.

Ebert, Roger. 2004. "Saw (R)." Chicago Sun Times, October 29.

Ebert, Roger. 2009. "Paranormal Activity (R)." Chicago Sun Times, October 7

Edelstein, David. 2006. Now Playing at your Local Multiplex: Torture Porn. Why has America gone nuts for blood, guts and sadism. New York Magazine, 28 January. Retrieved from nymag.com.

Eli Roth Interview Fox News [Video]. 2007. Retreived April 12 2011, from YouTube.com.

Feld, Bruce. Film Review: Saw. Film Journal International.

Gordon Devin. 2006. "Horror Show." Newsweek, 3 April, 60-62. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier

Hampp, Andrew. 2010. "Paranormal Activity" Wins by listening to "Fans Demands."Advertising Age 81 (8). Retrieved from Film and Television Literature Index.

Harris, Mark H. A Timeline History of Horror Movies. About.com.

Harris, Mark H. Exploitation Films 101: Taste Optional. About.com.

Hicks, Tony. 2009. Horror films reflect the times. Oakland Tribune, October 21, 2009. Retrieved from Proquest Newspapers.

Holden, Stephen. 2004. Movie Review "Saw": A Gore Fest with Overtones of Iraq and TV.New York Times, Oct. 29, 2004. Retrieved from nytimes.com.

Keegan, Rebecca Winters. 2006. "The Splat Pack." Time, 30 October, 66-70. Retrieved from Middle Search Plus

Keisner, Jody. (2008). 'Do you Want to Watch? A Study of the Visual Rhetoric of the Postmodern Horror Film', Women's Studies. Women's Studies 37 (4): 411-427.

Lally, Kevin. Film Review: Paranormal Activity. Film Journal International.

Lionsgateshop. Saw-1. "Let the Game Begin" [video]. 2009. Retrieved April 2 2011, from YouTube.com.

McLintock, Pamela. 2006. "Blood Brothers." Variety, 25-31 December, 1-2. Retrieved from the Film and Television Literature Index.

Murray, Gabrielle. 2007. Hostel II: Representations of the body in pain and the experience in torture-porn. Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary media 50.http://http//www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc50.2008/TortureHostel2/text.html

Paranormal Activity-Sherry Lansing Theatre Reactions [video]. 2009. Retrieved April 19 2011, from YouTube.com.

"Paranormal Activity"- Official Trailer [HQ HD]. 2009. Retrieved April 19 2011, from YouTube.com.

Peli, Oren. 2007. Paranormal Activity. San Diego: Paramount Pictures.

Rogers, Thomas. The Meaning of Torture Porn. Salon.com.

Rotten Tomatoes.com. Paranormal Activity (2007)

Rotten Tomatoes.com. Saw (2004).

Saw 1 Trailer [Video]. 2008. Retrieved April 2 2011, from YouTube.com

Saw 1 Unrated: The Reverse Bear Trap [Video]. 2008. Retrieved April 2 2011, from YouTube.com.

Schwartz, Missy. 2009a. 5 Things you should know about Paranormal Activity.Entertainment Weekly, 2 October. Retrieved from Film and Television Literature Index.

Scwartz, Missy. 2009b. A Shocking Hit. Entertainment Weekly, 6 November. Retrieved from Film and Television Literature Index.

Sharrett, Christopher. 2009. The Problem of Saw: "Torture Porn" and the Conservatism of Contemporary Horror Films. Cinataste 35 (1): 32-37. Retrieved from Film and Television Index.

Stewart, Sara. 2004. FED-EECHS-Horror flick "Saw" goes Postal to generate Buzz. The New York Post, October. 24, 2004, 93. Retrieved from nypost.com.

Tamborini, Ron., and James Stiff. (1987). Predictors of Horror Film Attendance and Appeal : An Analysis of the Audience for Frightening Films. Communication Research 14 (4): 415-436.

Tziallas, Evangelas. 2010. Torture Porn and Surveillance Culture. Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media 52.http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/evangelosTorturePorn/text.html.

Vasquez Jr, Felix. 2009. "Paranormal Activity," Film Threat.com, last modified September 21

Wan, James. 2004. Saw. DVD. Los Angeles, CA: Lionsgate Films

Outline for our Contemporary Horror web Project

The topic we want to focus on is horror films. Specifically, our sources will be two horror movies that symbolize the two categories or horror, psychological thriller and gore. While we may change our examples, we thought Paranormal Activity would be a good representation of the thriller while the Saw movies would represent the gore.

In researching these two movies, we will read what has been written about them from critics and scholars such as reviews and analyses. We will also look at precursor films throughout recent history that might have inspired these two examples. Some other aspects we will investigate from a historical perspective are the special effects, plot lines or themes, and audience reaction. For instance, what was scary then but might not be scary now? How has technology like special
effects, makeup, costuming, ect influenced the horror movie over time? What does society deem scary? Why might this be? We hope to answer these questions by analyzing these two horror movies.

For research, we will use magazine articles and reviews written about both of these movies. We will study the development of scary movies in recent history and give examples. For example, looking at why movies like The Blair Witch Project and The Exorcist were so influencial on pop culture. We’ll hopefully be able to dig up some studies on society and horror movies explaining what people’s fascination with fear is all about. We will also do some research on how the technology behind movies has made horror movies even more scary.

Guide to Horror Film In Contemporary America Blog

Hello. Welcome to our blog on Contemporary American Horror films. We hope you enjoy are exploration into Horror of the last decade as we give special focus to Saw and Paranormal Activity. This guide will show which order we would like you to read our blog in. Each post can be found on the side bar of the blog, under the month they were posted. Please feel free to make comments on a blog prior to our discussion as any thoughts you have may help us reframe our thinking and questions so that we can have more lively and fruitful discussion. Here is our guide and thank you for visiting our blog:

1. Outline for Web Blog

2. Questions we want to explore

3. Purpose of Choice of films

4. What is Horror to you?

5. Horror as a genre

-History of Horror

- History of Meaning

- Quotes regarding Horror genre

- Degredation of women in the genre

- Book on Horror Trends

- Power dynamics in Slasher films

- "Shockumentaries"

- What we like about Horror

6. Horror sources and analysis

Saw

-Saw Trailer

- Saw (2004): the first "Torture Porn" Movie

- Analysis of clips from Saw (2004)

-Eli Roth Interview with Fox News 2006

- Saw (2004) marketing

Paranormal Activity

-Paranormal Activity: Grassroots scaring

- Sherry Lansing Theatre Reactions

- Alternate ending

- Case study of Paranormal Activity

7. Reviews, Response and box office analysis

Saw

- Rotten tomatoes

- Roger Ebert review

- Film Journal International

- Time

- Box Office and Awards

Paranormal activity

- Rotten Tomatoes

- Roger Ebert

- Film Journal International

- Film Threat

- Bright Lights

- Another review relevant

- Time

- Box Office and Awards

- Budget

7. Blog References and Sources

Budget

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=paranormalactivity.htm

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saw.htm

	Saw	Paranormal Activity
Product Budget	$1,200,000	$15,000
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic	$55,185,045	$107,918,810
Foreign	$47,911,300	$85,436,990
Worldwide	$103,096,345	$193,355,800
Opening Weekend	$18,276,468	$19,617,650