What is "Weird" and why as humans are we completely obsessed with it. I feel like its a way for us to live out our secret fears and thoughts we wouldn't necessarily want to share otherwise. Horror movies, a perfect way for people to let out their inner weird, think about it like this, what other time aside from Halloween do we have to really tap into are inner darkness.
For generations we have been using the horror genre to let go of what we know of reality and embrace that which is not normal, from movies like "The Exorcist" to "Cabin in the Woods", we get to watch people doing everyday things, living everyday life suddenly have their worlds turned upside down. Ghosts, zombies, vampires, demons appear in their lives and completely alter everything that is normal. It is a way for us to live our nightmares,fantasies,day dreams whatever.
Today with the technologies we have to really enhance our experiences, the future of "weird" is going to push the boundaries in the future, make the ghosts more ghost like, the possessed seem more legitimate, I think we are going to keep out typical plot lines and darker style, but i think we are going to continue to twist weird, find new ways to make everything more life like, as if it really is something that could happen to anyone of us tomorrow. We want to see weird as if it was our own, the more real it becomes the more we will be drawn to it.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Interview With a Vampire
"Interview With a Vampire", is line no vampire story I have ever read before, this is not your typical horror story, where the vampire sucks your blood and you die, or the recently more common theme of romantically beautiful ones thats sparkle.
This is the story, of what it is like to be in the heads of essentially three different vampires. Lestat, the elder, responsible for turning both Louis, and Claudia into the beasts they will eternally be. Lestat, a blood thirsty beast has no remorse for killing mortals, his thirst for human blood over powers all other. We also have Louis, the main character who after feeling like he has nothing to live for in his human for, he is turned by the one and only Lestat. Unlike Lestat, Louis is not much for sucking the blood out of humans for pleasure. He has morals and regrets, he has compassion for the humans, and has completely conflicting emotions on being a vampire.
Lastly, we have Caludia, also changed by Lestat, at the amazingly young age of five. Her purpose was to be a companion/ family for Louis so he would not be alone. Her dilemma is that, vampires can mature mentally, but not physically. Claudia is trapped in a five year olds body for the rest of eternity.
Now, I must admit I am both a fan of classic vampire stories, as well as Twilight, after all I was a young teenage girl when they first came out, but the plot to this book definitely kept my attention. I liked how the book switched between first and third person, it kept you in a place where you had no choice but to read on. The emotion Ann Rice conveyed in this book, makes it almost as if these, blood sucking creatures could be real. It makes you love and hate them all in one.
This is the story, of what it is like to be in the heads of essentially three different vampires. Lestat, the elder, responsible for turning both Louis, and Claudia into the beasts they will eternally be. Lestat, a blood thirsty beast has no remorse for killing mortals, his thirst for human blood over powers all other. We also have Louis, the main character who after feeling like he has nothing to live for in his human for, he is turned by the one and only Lestat. Unlike Lestat, Louis is not much for sucking the blood out of humans for pleasure. He has morals and regrets, he has compassion for the humans, and has completely conflicting emotions on being a vampire.
Lastly, we have Caludia, also changed by Lestat, at the amazingly young age of five. Her purpose was to be a companion/ family for Louis so he would not be alone. Her dilemma is that, vampires can mature mentally, but not physically. Claudia is trapped in a five year olds body for the rest of eternity.
Now, I must admit I am both a fan of classic vampire stories, as well as Twilight, after all I was a young teenage girl when they first came out, but the plot to this book definitely kept my attention. I liked how the book switched between first and third person, it kept you in a place where you had no choice but to read on. The emotion Ann Rice conveyed in this book, makes it almost as if these, blood sucking creatures could be real. It makes you love and hate them all in one.
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