2. The Shining
• Genre: Psychological horror
• Release date: May 23rd 1980
• Cast: Jack Nicolson, Shelly Duvall, Danny Lloyd,
Scatman Crothers…
• Director: Stanley Kubrick
• Produced by: Stanley Kubrick
• Synopsis:
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter
where an evil and spiritual presence influences the
father into violence, while his psychic son sees
horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
Opening Scene:
• Dramatic. intense music
• Aerial/establishing shots of panoramic landscape
• Daytime (sun)
• Forests
https://www.youtube.com/wat • Progresses the narrative only slightly
ch?v=TgCejsyS0t8
3. The Exorcist
• Genre: Horror
• Release date: June 19th 1973
• Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb,
Kitty Winn…
• Director: William Friedkin
• Produced by: William Peter Blatty
• Synopsis:
When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious
entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to
save her daughter.
Opening sequence:
• Creepy, eerie soundtrack
• Does not progress the narrative
• Black screen
• Red font
• More stylised font
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=Qpw-GbEpjR4
4. The Purge: Anarchy
• Genre: Horror
• Release date: May 2nd 2013
• Cast: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headay, Max
Burkholder…
• Director: James DeManaco
• Produced by: Jason Blum, Sébastien K. Lemercier,
Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller
• Synopsis:
In the future, a wealthy family is held hostage for
harbouring the target of a murderous syndicate
during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and
all crime is legalized.
Opening Scene:
• Classical music
• Dark lighting
• People dying
• Fire, guns (chaos)
• Small font
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=r0lcdgDCytA
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(1974)
• Genre: Horror
• Release date: October 1st 1974
• Cast: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew
Bryniarski…
• Director: Marcus Nipsel
• Produced by: Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper, Jay
Parsley, Richard Saenz
• Synopsis:
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five
friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a
deformed chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of
equally psychopathic killers.
Opening Scene:
• Black screen
• Intense, suspenseful soundtrack
• Narrator (voiceover)
• Dead bodies
• Graveyard
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=McqekAnVs5w
6. Hostel III
• Genre: Horror
• Release date: December 27th 2011
• Cast: Kip Pardue, Brian Hallisay, John Hensley, Sarah
Habel…
• Director: Scott Spiegel
• Produced by: Scott Spiegel, Mike Fleiss, Chris Briggs
• Synopsis:
While attending a bachelor party in Las Vegas, four friends
are enticed by two sexy escorts to join them at a private
party way off the Strip. Once there, they are horrified to
find themselves the subjects of a perverse game of torture,
where members of the Elite Hunting Club are hosting the
most sadistic show in town.
Opening Scene:
• Light hearted music
• City
• Main character
• Stylised font
https://www.youtube.com/wat • Night time
ch?v=iE3P8u8pAPE
7. Sinister
• Genre: Horror
• Release date: March 11th 2012
• Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James
Ransone…
• Director: Scott Derrikson
• Produced by: Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
• Synopsis:
A true-crime writer finds a cache of 8mm home
movies films that suggest the murder he is currently
researching is the work of a serial killer whose career
dates back to the 1960s.
Opening Scene:
• Blurry picture
• Suspenseful music
• People being hung (dying)
• Stylised font
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=jsd8xsgPIqA
