by mercycollegefilmandculture | Feb 14, 2021 | Featured Essays
by Johane Nozier It was a grim period for America during 1931 (Matthews, 2009, pg. 5). The Great Depression, the biggest economic crisis in the country’s history, had negative effects throughout the land. Dracula (1931) was a perfect metaphor for the Depression...
by mercycollegefilmandculture | Feb 13, 2019 | Featured Essays
by Cecilie Stenak In Tobe Hooper’s horror film, the viewer follows a group of friends who are on their way to visit an old homestead in Texas. What they thought was going to be a fun road trip ends up being a bloody, macabre and ungracious journey to their death. They...
by mercycollegefilmandculture | Feb 1, 2019 | Featured Essays
by Alyssa RodriguezThe most successful comedies follow a formula known as THREES. These 6 essential ingredients for humor include a Target, Hostility, Realism, Exaggeration, Emotion, and Surprise. Paul Feig’s 2011 romantic comedy Bridesmaids successfully utilizes...
by mercycollegefilmandculture | Feb 1, 2019 | Featured Essays
by Michael Dunnings The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), directed by Jamie Uys and Dust Devil (1992), directed by Richard Stanley, are two films that, while similar in certain themes and settings, differ dramatically in approach. The Gods Must Be Crazy takes a humorous tone...
