Do you agree with Noel Carrol when he argues that “science Fiction is a sub-class of the horror film”? please use at three-four films (two from each genre) in your answer and consult the Noel Carrol reading in the course pack. Science fiction films developed as the next step in the progress of horror films. In the article on the character of horror films, Noel Carroll states that science fiction films can be discussed as the sub-class of horror films. It is possible to agree with Carroll’s idea while referring to the argument that science fiction films are monster films (Carroll, 1981, p. 17). As a result, the main task of the science fiction film is to demonstrate the monster which can fear the audience. Carroll notes that such ideas as the representation of the alternate societies are only of minor importance (Carroll, 1981, p. 17). The same task is performed by horror films that portray the other type of monsters to fear the public. Furthermore, science fiction films can be considered as the sub-class of horror films because both genres depend on the Discovery Plot which focuses on establishing the presence of the specific monster in the film, and on the Overreacher Plot, according to which the main characters of the film are interested in conducting experiments (Carroll, 1981, p. 23). To understand this tendency, it is necessary to refer to examples of science fiction and horror films. The Exorcist (1973) and Carrie (1976) are selected as examples of horror films where the Discovery Plot is used to accentuate the presence of supernatural forces. Such science fiction films as Jaws (1975) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) are directed by Steven Spielberg, and they also depend on the Discovery Plot like in horror films because of the necessity to find and fight the monster. As a result, science fiction films are more exploratory variants of horror films, where the other types of monsters are represented. According to James Kendrick, Vertigo (1958) primed audiences for Psycho (1960); using these arguments take mass cultural theory, can a similar conclusion be made for other films viewed or discussed in the class? Please use only one film viewed in the class for this answer. Alfred Hitchcock presented Vertigo in 1958, but it was not accepted by the audience with that great effect as Psycho in 1960. In his research, James Kendrick explains this phenomenon while focusing on the priming effects model (Kendrick, 2010, p. 5). According to Kendrick, unusual approaches used in Vertigo primed the public and made the viewers use their stored knowledge and associations to react to Psycho which represented similar approaches (Kendrick, 2010, p. 6). Thus, the audience in 1960 was prepared to perceive Psycho because it learned the approach with the focus on Vertigo. The priming effects model is closely connected with the mass culture theory. Films present certain messages which are communicated to the public (Kendrick, 2010, p. 4). However, the audience can perceive the messages differently, and the “mass audience” can be divided into smaller audiences that can understand or not the communicated messages (Kendrick, 2010, p. 5). The largest part of the mass audience became interested in Psycho because of being affected by Vertigo previously. Although the audience did not expect su