2. Inbred is a horror-comedy film about a group of young offenders and their two carers who
become lost in Yorkshire and are forced to stay in an isolated village. The villagers make it
clear that they are proud to be so ‘contained’ or ‘isolated’ from the rest of the world. Things
then turn ugly when the young offenders run into some inbred youths at an abandoned
collection of train carriages. The group seek help from the village, but instead are faced with
murder and torture at their hands. The trailer shows that is a horror by using a creepy
soundtrack, fast-paced editing, and horrific scenes of violence, such as the landlord chopping
into the injured group member with a butcher’s knife. However it also shows it is a comedy by
the ironic use of words images and music, for example the name of the pub is the ‘Dirty Hole’
and the people inside it are all ugly and ‘weird’-looking which is ironic and stereotypical as the
film is called ‘Inbred’ and is set in an isolated village. There are also rather iconically comical
moments, such as when after we see a montage of atrocities in the movie we then see the locals
in the pub singing a comical pub chant in a simplistic way.
We see Dominic Brunt better known as ‘Paddy’ from Emmerdale in the trailer which creates a
comical contrast between the two characters. The sort of humour where viewers say ‘Look it’s
Paddy!’ and it’s just funny.
3. During most of the trailer non-diagetic creepy music is playing
letting us know it is a horror trailer from the start. It has a deep
beat, and the pace quickens as the trailer progresses, building
suspense. At around a minute into the trailer the non-diagetic
sound of a fast-paced heart-beat having the effect of putting us
in the character’s shoes, as if we are actually there and that is
our own heart beating at the terror laid before us. The song at
end of the trailer which ends the trailer in a comical atmosphere
as it is a cheerful pub song which is sung in contrast with
terrible events shown in the trailer. There is no voice over, we
are just left to view the montage of clips from the film, and are
lead into the horror atmosphere by the sound effects and left
exposed purely to the montage of clips that is throne at us.
4. The first shot is of the British Countryside, which immediately tells us it’s a British
movie or it’s at least set in Britain. The picture on the screen is dull or ‘bleached’.
This gives it a dull and serious maybe even intimidating feel to the movie. The dull
and dismal weather also adds to this feeling. This is backed up by the name of the
pub early on in the trailer which is ‘Dirty Hole’ Which is ironic as the place they are
in is a dull and dirty hole. There is lots of blood splatter throughout the trailer and
the blood is often a brown-dirty colour. There is a lot of harsh vivid lighting which
creates strong shadows in the setting and on the characters. There is a lot of use of
weapons in the trailer
5. The overall editing of the trailer from around the first atrocity
is quick-paced with quick cuts which get faster as the trailer
increases up to the scene where the locals are dancing in a pub.
This fast pace editing is common in horror trailers, as it builds
suspense in the audience, ‘getting the hearts going’. The trailer
also ends with one final shot, just as the audience think its over,
showing a man beheading someone. The shot ends just as the
axe is about to strike his throat, shocking the audience and
building suspense.
