This bachelor thesis deals with the specifics of the effect of violent film clips from Quentin Tarantino's films on the audience. It describes the phenomenon of emotions and presents their division, components and newer theories related to them. It focuses on the connection between Quentin Tarantino's personal life and the themes of his films. It identifies two fundamental elements of his work, humour and violence, and examines the ways in which these elements are projected into Tarantino's films. It provides an overview of the basic media theories that explain the effects of media content on the viewer, and presents several contemporary studies on audience reactions to media materials. The research section presents a research design that u...