Movies and Films

   Many movies and films today have a specific genre they fall under, whether it is a comedy, romantic or horror, someone has taken the time and effort to produce theses pieces of art. Where the ideas come from can vary, some are just pure thoughts from the imagination and others are from real life experiences. In the 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre directed and produced by Tobe Hooper (best known for his horror genre) cowrote with Kim Henkel this film is said to be based on real life events. This is not the case, the statment is only partly true. TCM plot is entirely fictional, the character Leather face however is inspired by the real life serial killer Ed Gein who only was known to have murdered 2 victoms, other then that the rest of the film is fictional. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre. The film uses many techniques to create fear, one example was saying it was based on real life events, we now know this is not the case. Other techniques used are blood and guts, by using violence the audience is forced to watch as we are drawn in by this as this is not normal in our every day lifes so we look at it as an excape. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs3981DoINw. This inspires fear in the viewers via the cultur of fear.