Media - Research of Horror Movies

RESEARCH OF HORROR MOVIES

LIAM ROSS

INSIDIOUS 2Genre: Horror/ThrillerConventions Used: • Eerie/Dark• House • Lighting to suit the mood • Child • Dark/creepy music • Dialogue • Psychological • Creature• Costumes

• Big house full of wooden furniture

• Minimal Lighting• Ascending characters used

through people walking across the shot

• Supernatural Beings • Scary Faces

URL for Trailer: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/insidiouschapter2/

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

Conventions Used: • Dark setting • Bad dull weather • Masks to cover identity for fear • Fear of the unknown • Dark music • Lonely locations (Graveyard, Forest, Factory) • Eerie • Torture • Blood • Old musical instruments

Genre: Horror/Thriller

URL for Trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/texas-chainsaw-massacre-3d/

THE STRANGERS

Genre: Horror/Mystery/Thriller

• Repetitive eerie music• Masks cover identity • In a house with minimal

lighting • Sharp dangerous weapons • Blood• Darkness• Screaming

URL for Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482606/?ref_=sr_1