Science Fiction Horror Films

Science Fiction.
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Science fiction horror films are films latch onto fear as their mains source of entertainment for the audience. The genre has been highly popular for over a century but its entrance in mainstream pop culture took some time. Science fiction which is the use of scientific advances or futuristic settings and characters are being utilized to evoke even more nightmares, fears, revulsions, and terror into the film viewer. The plot of science fiction horror films ranges from the extreme portrayal of an evil force or something that we as humans consider unnatural or out of place. The versatility of this genre has enabled it to overlap with other film genres mainly fantasy, supernatural fiction, and thriller. You can, however, find lighter forms of horror that overlap with genres such as drama and comedy. Fanfiction is a genre involves armature authors using characters from a professionally published text or film and reassigning roles to them. With science fiction and horror movies getting popular, so is fanfiction. CITATION Kus03 \l 1033 (Kustritz, 2003) This essay is an analysis of three popular horror films, Night of the Living Dead, World War Z and The Green Berets. The evaluation will involve reviewing the time the films were released and if the social environment had an impact on the films. It will also serve as a reflection of how the genre has changed over the years and if today’s films still have the years and fictional characters that are typical of science fiction.
Night of the Living DeadThis is George Romero’s first film co-written with John Russo. It was produced in 1968 as a black and white film that made its overall budget a mere $114,000 compared to what blockbuster movies are spending on their production right now. It was hugely successful grossing over $30 million and inspired an entire genre of horror films. John Russo had written the script of the film as comic horror which involved extensive research on the fictional world of zombies and relation with issues in the society such as politics. The film has been remade two times, in 1978, Dawn of the Dead and also in 2004, with both films doing extremely well in box office sales.
Following the assassinations of Malcolm X (1965) and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968), it proved to be a dark time for the United States of America. Riots and civil movements had been going on since 1960 across major cities such as Atlanta, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Cleveland. The film was created to respond and showcase this period in American history and given that most of the authors were from this period, we get a clear portrayal of the resistance, parties and civil rights movement. Also, America was being faced with the Vietnam war and Americans were significantly anxious. That is why the release of this film was seen as a bridge between entertainment and voicing political issues in Hollywood.
The zombies are meant to represent America’s worst fears due to their physical appearance and how they inspire fear. That is why the writers used them as a form of political commentary and as a metaphor for racial sublimation, communism, mass contagion, and globalism. CITATION Zac16 \l 1033 ...