Abstract
This study aims to examine young Turkish university students’ perceptions on horror movies and the impact of this genre on them. Also, this study aims to gain an understanding of the role of makeup and special effect makeup in horror movies for this particular audience. An exploratory survey was conducted with 1,000 randomly selected participants 18 years and older who were students studying at five universities in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Findings suggest that 70.4% of the respondents prefer watching supernatural horror films where the djinn was reported to be the most feared religious horror character; 86.4% of women and 65.8% of men reported supernatural events as scary. With regard to the importance of makeup in horror movies, 67.1% females and 53.9% males reported that makeup in horror movies was very important, where 26.9% preferred blood as a special effect, 51.1% reported that hand-based makeup was more acceptable, and 65.4% indicated that PC-supported makeup would never replace hand-based makeup. These findings suggest that although there is a potential inclination to watch the horror movie genre, which is a very new genre in Turkish cinema as well as the makeup and special effects used in horror movies, specifically djinn makeup appears to be of importance for the young Turkish film audiences.
Highlights
The concept of “genre” in cinema was born within the industry as a result of the contributions from critics, viewers, and cinema writers and currently maintains its ground
This study aims to focus on the opinions on Turkish horror movies of young Turkish university students studying in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) who were registered in an associates, a bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree programs during the 2018–2019 academic year at five universities in the island
This exploratory study aimed to examine the general history of special effects makeup used in horror cinema, especially
Summary
The concept of “genre” in cinema was born within the industry as a result of the contributions from critics, viewers, and cinema writers and currently maintains its ground. According to Abisel (1995), throughout cinema history, horror movies have been the longest existing movie genre, they have managed to maintain the title of “most watched.”. Despite losing popularity from time to time, horror movies continue not to be affected from sectoral financial crises; horror movies can be produced with low budgets. Another reason why horror movies are still standing is because they are one of the most preferred genres worldwide. This study aims to focus on the opinions on Turkish horror movies of young Turkish university students studying in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) who were registered in an associates, a bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree programs during the 2018–2019 academic year at five universities in the island
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