Monster Mash - Psychopathic Killer/Vampires

Today we explored the different monster's that are commonly known to be in horror films, me and my group got - PSYCHOPATHIC KILLER. 

We thought about all the different characteristics and programmes that included a psychopathic killer and here is what we came up with - 

We thought about how they would look, what they are typically like in films and programmes, also we thought about what they were like as a normal person. It's as though they have a split personailty one minute there just a normal person living their normal life and the next there going out of their way to kill some one.

A few different films have been made about psychopathic killers but these are a few that I have seen-

Dexter -

This TV series is one of the best I have seen on Netflix, I was totally addicted to watching it as it was one you can not stop watching. The basic story line is a man who is a blood splatter analyst but with a hidden secret that he is a cereal killer. I only kills people who are bad and do bad things to other people. His personal life gets caught up in it all and it all ends in a way I was not expecting. 
This is a normal American man living his life normally in the day but by night he kills and dismantles bodies, takes them out in his boat and dumps them all in the sea. No one knows his secret, no one would suspect it of him either as he is such a nice guy. This is why I liked the programme he was a nice guy but was very twisted too.

Scream -
This is a classic film and they have been re made in to funny spoofs time and time again, a very popular halloween costume too. This is someone who goes around killing teenagers from a school one by one, they are quite old now and I think other genres of film or at least different story lines have taken over the classic man in a mask killing people. This person would wear a black like over sized dress/cape/gown and have the classic scream mask on. He would appear out of no where, no one would have seen the person enter or leave the place and he would literally chase the victim till they were dead and any one who got in the way. I liked the films before other films started to become bigger and better than these, I think we have moved on from the classic killer chasing the victim in to more scarier situations.

Saw -

Saw has had many film in their series made and they get better and worse every time. There is so much gore and suspense in them as they go along and they get scarier too. I love these films even though they scare the hell out of me. The man behind the games is a guy who is dying and he takes a puzzle piece from every person that dies in the rooms, the people don't know though that there is always a way out for them but they just don't think it through. It's a story line and I think the story also makes the film as well as the gore, the man doesn't personally kill them but the mind behind it is just scary and twisted. I love these films for some strange reason and I think they are very gross also but you can't help but watch.


It is really strange but good how some characteristics have stuck with certain characters, for instance vampires always look the same. They are white skinned, dark hair, can't go out in the sun, they drink human blood and turn in to bats.
But as time has gone a long and the more modernised we become, they have been changed a lot in to all sorts of different things.

The Vampire Diaries -

 A TV series about two brothers who go back to their home town, they end up making friends and enemies, turning their friends in to vampires too and learning how to control their "thirst". Witches and wolves become present in this series too. The vampire characteristics that are present in this series in particular are they look normal, they have the fangs when they are about to "eat", they have rings which let them go out in to the sun without turning in to ash, they are very attractive, their eyes change colour when they are about to attack and also they can eat animal blood.
These characteristics have been adapted to the modern world, they have created these vampires to be different yet be able to lead normal lives with out just eating human blood. This is a really good TV series and I know a lot of people who watch it - I personally watched it but I think sometimes the story line get a little boring on vampire programmes and films, they need to keep the excitement there and sometimes its not.

True Blood -

This is a TV series that I found so good and interesting! I was hooked from the beginning and loved it! It's about a man who comes back in to town and one woman in particular fell in love with him, they found out he was a vampire and then all sorts happened in the little quiet village. It's a true love story but with one hell of a twist. The main characteristics of these vampires were, they were very pale white skinned, they didn't come out into the sun at all, they had coffins that they would actually sleep in, silver burnt their skin, they were very out spoken and had their very own dress sense, they loved human blood, all of the characters were very attractive too, there were wolves, witches and all sorts of crazy characters in this programme too.
I loved this series and I think it's a very good programme too, its thrilling and lovable and scary all at once! Definitely recommend this programme to vampire lovers.