2. Inspirations of James Wan
• James ‘s Wan inspiration was a film called the Poltergeist.
He expresses in one of his interviews that this was one of
the first horror films that he had even seen in which he
stated that the film scared the life out of him. He also goes
on to say that from then he had a obsession with
clowns, which we see this obsession in the movie called
saw. He also says in the interview that the film called
Poltergeist has a haunted house which then went on to
influence all of the other haunted houses in other thriller
and horror movies. James wan then continues to say that
he likes the thought of putting people on the edge of their
and making them wonder what will occur next in the
movie.
