horror” film made between 1950 and 1959.

Directions

For this paper you will view a “horror” film made between 1950 and 1959. The film you will be viewing is: I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) Directed by Gene Fowler Jr. and Produced by Herman Cohen (take care to distinguish the genre from science-fiction, and support your conclusions). Within a 3-4 page essay, consider how the film reflects the genre conventions of the earlier cycle, and how those conventions have been transformed to reflect the specific concerns of the post-war period. Note if any significant changes have occurred that might signal new directions the genre may take. See if you can identify any purely visual motifs that have remained, or been modified, from the previous era. Be sure to position the film within or against the general trends of 1950s horror.
Things to keep in mind are: ambivalence toward authority (government, military, patriarchal), the nature and focus of the threat (to institutions as well as individuals), the configuration of the “monster” (especially its “otherness,” social, sexual, political). Consider issues related to reproduction and sexuality (especially female sexuality and power), distinctions between the “normal” and the “monstrous,” and attitudes toward technology and modernity.
Include references to three scholarly sources to support the points of the essay (be sure to cite appropriately). Write thoughtfully and seriously, and be sure to attribute any ideas or information found in outside sources that have may have contributed to your thinking.
The essay will be at least three (3) full pages and no more than four, double spaced, in a 12 point Times-Roman font with one inch margins on all four sides of the text. Do not justify the right margins. Indent paragraphs – do not add an extra line between them. Please include a cover page which features the title of the project (this will of course include the title of the film that is being used).