2. Horror Genre
• Horror films seek to inflict a negative
emotion to the audience.
• They contain scenes which startle the
viewer, cause them nightmares and reveal
their worse fears.
• Horror films frequently overlap with the
thriller genre.
3. The Strangers (2008)
•‘The Strangers’ (2008)
(Horror+ Thriller)
Director:
Bryan Bertino
Writer:
Bryan Bertino
Stars:
Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler and Gemma Ward
4. Narrative
After returning from a wedding reception, a
couple staying in an isolated vacation
house receive a knock on the door in the
mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a
violent invasion by three strangers, their
faces hidden behind masks. The couple
find themselves in a violent struggle, in
which they go beyond what either of them
thought capable in order to survive
5. Hide And Seek (2005)
• Hide And Seek (2005) (Horror
+ Thriller)
Director:
John Polson
Writer:
Ari Schlossberg
Stars:
Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning and Famke
Janssen
6. Narrative
• Hide and Seek revolves around a widower
and his daughter. They move to upstate
and Emily soon creates an imaginary
friend named Charlie... but this act takes
an unexpected and terrifying turn, where
her father and doctor start to worry about
Emily's gruesome habits.
7. Eden Lake (2008)
• Eden Lake ( 2008) (Horror +
Thriller)
Director:
James Watkins
Writer:
James Watkins
Stars:
Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender and Tara Ellis
8. Narrative
• Nursery teacher Jenny and her boyfriend Steve, escape
for a romantic weekend away. Steve, planning to
propose, has found an idyllic setting: a remote lake
enclosed by woodlands and seemingly deserted. The
couple's peace is shattered when a gang of obnoxious
kids encircles their campsite. Reveling in provoking the
adults, the gang steals the couple's belongings and
vandalizes their car leaving them completely stranded.
When Steve confronts them, tempers flare and he
suffers a shocking and violent attack. Fleeing for help,
Jenny is subject to a brutal and relentless game of cat-
and-mouse as she desperately tries to evade her young
pursuers and find her way out of the woods.
9. Review
• Time Out rating
Eden Lake is a harsh and brutal film representing the
anger and anxiety of youth today. With stunning acting
from Jack O'Connell and directing from James Watkins,
Eden Lake proves to be one of the scariest and nerve-
racking films of 2008. -Ryan Flint
10. The Descent (2005)
• The Descent (2005) (Horror)
Director:
Neil Marshall
Writer:
Neil Marshall
Stars:
Shauna Macdonald, Natalie
Mendoza and Alex Reid
11. Narrative
• A woman goes on vacation with her family
and friends and her husband and her
daughter encounters a tragic accident.
One year later she goes hiking with her
friends and they get trapped in the cave.
With a lack of supply, they struggle to
survive and they meet strange blood
thirsty creatures.
12. Industry History Research
• 1890s- George Melies produced silent, supernatural,
silent shots. Best produced ‘Haunted Castle’ and
‘Accursed cave’.
• 1910-Edison studios produced Frankenstein.
• Victor Hugo's 20th century monster ‘Hunch Back Of Notre
Dam’.
• ‘Movie Studios Universal Pictures’ gothic film series-
Dracula and Frankenstein (1931)
• 1950s- Godzilla alein invasions merge science fiction
and horror
• 1964 ‘Production code of America’ success of low
budget gore films. ‘The exorcist’.
• 1990s- Childsplay, supernatural.
• 2000s, saw, the strangers- psychological.
