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films again for its viewers, it cared to preserve this thrilling as much as possible. These were
films which were all little bit more glossy and gave place to “shock” compared to their
originals but they were made with the awareness that these films are to a large extend instilled
with the effect of atmosphere (Horror films of the 2000s: 02.08.2010)
Examples of Fareast cinema which try to arouse horror mostly by creating atmosphere
told the same stories many times and they were readopted by Hollywood film-makers to be
presented to the viewers all over the world. In the 2000s, Hollywood started to have a much
more intensive relation with Asia. American companies started to make films by opening
branches in Asia or by getting into partnership with local companies. Recently, among the
producers of many China or Hong Kong films like Crouching Tiger- Hidden Dragon, Hero,
Time and Guide, Big Shots Funeral which have achieved success -in their countries and all
over the world- are companies like Columbia, Warner-Bros, Buena-Vista, Disney, Miramax,
Universal. American companies’ getting into partnerships and opening branches makes the
distribution of Asian films in America and many other places, as well ( On Fareast Cinema
with Hero: 23.07.2010).
The adaptations of Fareast cinema horror film examples by Hollywood started to be
distributed all over the world. Films like The Ring-directed by Hideo Nakata- and “Dark
Water” by Takashi Miike “One Missed Call” and Takashi Shimizu “The Grudge” -which
were more than a million people in Turkey-, have recently entered among commercially
successful horror films. In Turkish cinema in which the commercial success these films
attained could not go beyond adaptations of a few horror films led to the production of films
one after another. According to the results of the study by Guzel and Celikcan, most of the
films between 1974 and 1990 in Turkish cinema are melodrama genre (%39), which is
followed by Adventure with 17%, Sex films with 16%, by Dram with 14%, and Comedy by
12% and 2% include War and Historical Costume genre (Guzel and Celikcan, 1996:226-227).
Between these years, there is no horror film produced in Turkish cinema. From the beginning
of the 2000s to today, eleven horror films are presented to viewers. This increase in the
number of films can be attributed to various reasons. However, the basic point was that
Hollywood adaptations of Fareast cinema had very high commercial success in Turkey where
was no horror genre tradition in Turkish cinema. These films in horror genre imitated the
convention and codes of Hollywood horror films and were influenced by its cinematography.
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