DISASTER FILMS - The Towering Inferno (1974)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas? 

The Towering Inferno (1974) is an Irwin Allen disaster film about a fire in a very tall building.

DISASTER FILMS - The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas? 

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) is an Irwin Allen disaster film about a ship capsized by a giant wave and the handful of passengers who survive.

DISASTER FILM RULES - The Rules

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?

Disaster films, an ongoing and recurring genre.

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Why Rule 1 [Coming Out Story]

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?

I looked at 10 rules the Lesbian Romance films followed, tested 10 films against them and analysed the results, but I never looked at the rules themselves, so let's look at the first Lesbian Romance film rule...

SLASHER FILM RULES - Analysis: List 2 [Part 2]

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Why do the Slasher Film rules exist?

Although I'm calling these Slasher Film Rules, the can apply to a range of horror sub-genres.

Ten films were tested:

• And Then There Were None (1945)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• Jaws (1975)
• Halloween II (1981)
• Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
• Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
• Leprechaun (1993)
• Saw (2004)
• Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

Of course, these films say nothing about the genre as a whole.  Certainly things can be said about the films, though.  They are usually bigger name films, smaller low-budget or less successful films may rely on the rules more.   One is a post modern film in which the characters know the rules.  About half may not be purely "slasher" films and may not need to follow the rules.

See here for part 1.

SLASHER FILM RULES - Analysis: List 2 [Part 1]

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?

Although I'm calling these Slasher Film Rules, they can apply to a range of horror sub-genres.

Ten films were tested:

• And Then There Were None (1945)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• Jaws (1975)
• Halloween II (1981)
• Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
• Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
• Leprechaun (1993)
• Saw (2004)
• Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

Of course, these films say nothing about the genre as a whole.  Certainly things can be said about the films, though.  They are usually bigger name films, smaller low-budget or less successful films may rely on the rules more.   One is a post modern film in which the characters know the rules.  About half may not be purely "slasher" films and may not need to follow the rules.

POLL Results

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?

The third place in the poll so far.  This blog will continue on Wednesdays.

~ DUG.