Hip-hop is an often overlooked genre in literary circles. However, if one considers the relevance of art to the society that spawned it, one can hardly ignore hip-hop as a barometer of the society in which we live. In a world where school-shooting have become common place, as society searches for a...

Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is a novel, which contains many aspects and themes. Although Shelley originally wrote it as part of a 'ghost story' competition amongst friends, it is more complex and deals with greater issues than those of a short and fictional ghost story. ...

Steven Spielberg "Jaws" (1975) made Spielberg famous and the sequels continued to put him in the position of one of the most popular directors in America. "Jaws" also holds the record for the highest grossing film of all time. In my eyes, I believe that shows you a little something about the ...

The Birds, and Event Horizon: Two movies of the same "horror" genre, but they both scare you in completely different ways. The Birds is a thriller released in 1963, which uses little or no special effects to horr you to a sinister stupor. Event Horizon is a film made in the Twentieth centu...

"Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King explains that all people are insane in their own modest way, just that some are more insane than others. People of all kinds show some of their insanity by either talking to themselves when no one is around or make weird or scary faces when they...