Horror Movie Test Questions Flashcards
How does the film show the theme of social class?
Get Out
The jobs that the whites are working in comparison to the jobs the blacks are working
Brain surgeon, psychiatrist, etc
Photographer, TSA agent, etc
The whites literally buying people
Parasite
The rich the poor and the poorer
The basement and the bunker
The stairs - the death of the American dream
The rock and the smell
Both
There are servants in both films, people as objects that can be easily replaced
The horror of being trapped
Does the ending of the film sum up the story
Get Out
Yes the newer ending was satisfying and while it did not reinforce the theme the police car being there was enough to wrap up the story
Parasite
Yes it showed that you cannot escape poverty and sometimes when you try you end up in a worse situation
How do the issues presented in the film represent social issues in real life?
Horror movies emerge as a result of collective fears
Get Out:
The fear of being black in an America being run by a racist president
Sundown towns
Parasite
The fear of poverty
The death of the American Dream - most ppl die in the social class they are born into
Both:
The horror of being trapped
In Poverty
Or in the sunken place and someone else occupies you’re body
The fear of being manipulated - social media
Rose - Chris
Kim - Park
What are the motifs in each film - meaning and plot?
Get Out
Dear - mother, helps him kill and escape
Silver Spoon & Tea - privilege, allows him to be hypnotized
Parasite
Rock - the desire for wealth, starts the plot and leads to the demise
Smell - inescapable poverty, leads to the loss of hope for the father and his snapping
Why are both films considered horror movies?
Psychological horror that reflects social issues for minorities
Similarities between the two movies?
The Sunken Place and the Underground Bunker
The Use of Language - Whiter language and English as a richer language
“Parasites” the poor using the rich and vice versa and the white using the black
How do the films represent colonialism and imperialism?
Colonialism - the taking of land and ethnic cleansing
- Parasite: poor people trying to take over the wealth
The use of English as a language
Indigenous artifacts and “parasites”
- Get Out: Literally changing the names of the Black people and using them as resources
The use of whiter language
African artifacts
Imperialism - fighting between colonizers to take over other land
- Parasite: poor & poorer fighting for rich resources
- Get Out: Auction for Chris
How can the titles of each movie be applied to the other?
Parasite as the title for Get Out
- Armitage family is a parasite to black people
Get out as the title for Parasite
- The idea of getting out of poverty
