Night of the Living Dead

If you ever have to be faced with a zombie attack, the question of whether you should worry about the zombies or the other victims. I believe you should worry about other victims. Now, there may not be as many threats like Ben; a strong-take hold man who is always in charge. Most might be like Barbra, most likely the girls; Barbra is approaching shock and is no help let alone any guidance. I think it would be men verse men, just like in the Night of the Living Dead. Harry is a guy hidden in the basement with his family. Then there’s Ben, a man who happen to find the house and take order in it. Ben believes he is in charge while Harry thinks he is in charge. This causes conflict from the start. One says something and the other has something better. Towards the end, Ben shoots Harry because Harry would not help Ben. As the result, Ben lives until other guys kill him by mistake. Like I said, it mainly would be guys verse guys. Either for control or mishap, the men will kill others more than the zombies will. “The man who kills a man kills a man. The man who kills himself kills all men. As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.” -G.K. Chesterton

The grotesque and appealing Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton is a writer and director of many known films like Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice. Most of his films contain a creepy or scary theme with a touching moral. All characters have something off about them. The most common theme in characters is that they are living dead. In the Corpse Bride, in The Night Before Christmas, and in Beetlejuice and his newest Frankenweenie; all main characters share the property of being dead and rising, or appearing dead.

Tim Burton makes The Nightmare Before Christmas the same way. It derives from Halloween town where everyone lives to scare. So, of course everyone looks gross and creepy. It is not the appearance that we believe to be appealing; it is the emotion behind it. There are many characters in this movie who have the biggest heart and you see beyond the gross appearance.

An example is the Boogeyman; he looks like a giant pillow but is filled with nasty little bugs. Another example is Sally, she is a beautiful doll figure with a pure heart but she was made by a scientist and is held together with stitching. The creepy part of Sally is that she can remove limbs from her body and they move on their own.

Edward Scissorhands

In Edward Scissorhands, there is a man named Edward who was created by another man. The guy that created him died before he finished Edward. So, Edward is forever stuck with scissors as hands. Edward is found alone in a house and is taken into the town by a nice lady. At first everyone accepts Edward and sees him as a friend. One woman sees him as attractive and pursues him. Edward never brought up in town doesn't understand her cougar attempts and denies her.

You could consider Edward an artist. Society accepts him and his unique ways. He is an outcast to some all throughout. The wives love him as he cuts their hair uniquely. When moved into town, Edward found new things to work with like dog hair, human hair, and shrubs. This benefitted him, not to mention he found a home. In return, the town receives amazing sculptures all over.

Considering Edward has scissors as hands, he is perceived differently than most artists nowadays. Some see him as dangerous from the gecko and refuse to accept him. Individually, everyone has their own opinions. In society, everyone is skeptic  and then realizes his potential. He is admired and then denied.