Paper Topic?

For my paper I want to show the progression of the horror genre over the decades. Specifically, I am going to talk about the differences between the 70’s TV show “In Search Of…” the 1999 Movie “Blair Witch Project” and the more recent movie “Paranormal Activity”. These examples are all a type of documentary or “mock”umentary. These are the most interesting to me because the writers try to scare people by making them think that fake things really happened or are real. I have always been interested in horror movies, ever since my dad had me and my little sister watch “Chucky” on Halloween when I was 4 and she was 3. That was the first scary movie I ever watched and even though I was little, I still remember that Halloween very well. For some of my resources, I plan on using interviews with the writers of “Blair Witch Project” and some customer reviews of the movies and shows. I also want to find magazine or newspaper articles of professional reviews, so I can see what the experts thought of the different movies. I feel like it is going to be harder to find information on the 70s TV show, so I may have to see if I can find episodes that I can watch myself and do some of my own reviews if I need more information. Paranormal Activity should be easy to find information on because it is the most recent and Blair Witch should be easy because it was the first movie of its kind, and that was a huge deal in the movie industry. Choosing my topic was easy because, like I said I have always been interested in scary movies, and I think that it is one of the genres that changes the most over time. People seem to be getting harder and harder to scare, and with that, the movies and the techniques for scaring people have to change. 

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