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INTRODUCTION This review is written in an attempt to determine the elements of different genres such as horror found in the film Coraline directed by Henry Selick in 2009. The theory to use is semantic and syntactic approach to genres. THEORY DISCUSSION Semantic approach which is related to the visual aspects of the film determines the horror elements in the film such as appearance of supernatural phenomena and German Expressionism with chiaroscuro lighting. In terms of Syntactic approach which is the thematic aspects of the film, there were horror, action, fantasy, and comedy elements shown in the film. SYNOPSIS Coraline Jones and her parents move to a new home. She feels bored and alone because her parents are always busy working at home.  She finds a bricked up passage in the wall, but during the night it open's up. She discovers a world that seems to be an alternate version of her life with slight difference - everything is better, and every...

https://img.yescdn.ru/2016/07/26/cover/a1f5a907db1ffff29893d08b59e335ef-final-destination-1469589285.jpg Alex Browning is a high school student who is about to go for a field trip to Paris, France with his classmates. He accidentally falls asleep on plane before it takes off. In his dream, he has bad feelings about boarding the plane and feel uneasy about noticing different signs of misfortune (air crash) in the plane. Then the plane explodes in the air after taking off, with no survivors.  https://images.everyeye.it/img-screenshot/final-destination-v1-496314.jpg Alex wakes up in fear and notices that all the death warnings and patterns from his visions earlier have repeated coincidentally in real life. Knowing what is going to happen next, he begins to panic and wants to get off the plane. https://i2.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FinalD1Feat-1024x660.png Alex demands to get off the plane and causes commotion about foreseeing th...

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2obN8YtyBoM/maxresdefault.jpg Scott Pilgrim is a bassist in a rock band, Sex Bob-Omb. He is dating a Chinese high-school girl, Knives Chau. Despite being disapproved by his sister and band-mates, he still goes out with his underage girlfriend and even brings her to practice room. http://68.media.tumblr.com/1a22dca8e8b3df1cc098c1042fba91e6/tumblr_mul6vy0GUO1s7umhbo1_500.jpg A mysterious girl, Ramona Flowers appears in Scott's dream. Her unique aura and unpredictable moves arouse his curiosity to find out her identity. His attitude towards Knives slowly becomes cold as he thinks about Ramona all day. He finally gets to talk to Ramona and ask her out on a date. He then falls for Ramona   and  cheats on Knives . https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzd3j0tNn4K2a4usuVJQGXYUEA2qAs0t32RPpEGWrHWsudgJANsZDV1w7whAtFU1khuRx8JTq-k09NRBsvEBXU3dBvZtZasw9CeDSiBwhT2PH3LMmtBs3wQfiU_HADInNbN_lZ-hh67GY/s1600/scot...

http://images.contentful.com/7h71s48744nc/1fFSFcLDZMOIUCUO8sSOQi/994f7b5a403f136b2156edbbd9539f6a/super8.jpg   Joe Lamb and his friends are working on a zombie movie to enter an international film competition. When they're filming a scene at a train station in the midnight, Joe notices that someone is driving a truck onto railway. The truck crashes with a moving train and causes accident and  massive  explosion on the site. The camera is broken due to its impact but the situation of the incident is being filmed. After ensuring everyone is alright, they find out that the driver who  is injured in the truck happens to be their school teacher,  Dr. Woodward. T hey' re warned by him not to say anything about the incident or else their family will die with them.  The town is showing many unusual symptoms after the incident such as missing people, runaway dogs, stolen electrical appliances and engines, and unstable electricity supply. Deputy Jacks...