The student created a horror trailer that drew from several influences in the genre. Their trailer included body horror scenes of gore and scratches, as well as psychological elements of an unseen demon tormenting the main character. It was set in a house to create tension and used camera angles, sounds, and music to unsettle the audience. The trailer was meant to emulate the style of films like Psycho, Evil Dead, Night of the Living Dead, and The Conjuring through its use of gore, jump scares, and an underlying theme of depression and trauma in modern society.

1. Horror Trailers - Evaluation Part 1

2. How did your horror trailer fit the
horror genre?
My trailer fitted the horror genre because we included body horror in the trailer such as when
Leo the main character gets his arm scratched open by the demon and is left with bleeding
scratch marks down his arm. Another gore scene we have in our trailer is when the demon is
holding the knife and stabs someone as they walk through the door. Horror movies that
inspired me were films such as Evil Dead [[[ALWAYS UNDERLINE MOVIE TITLES]]] which is
known for its gore scenes and other horror films such as Pyscho [[[Psycho]]] which makes the
audience have to think to try to understand the film. We put a mixture of ideas from these
films such as including gore [[[USE THE TERM “BODY HORROR” INSTEAD OF GORE
SOMETIMES... I CHANGED GORE TO BODY HORROR IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH TOO]]] but
also having that psychological edge in our trailer in order to create a horror trailer for all fans
of horror’s sub-genres to enjoy. Our trailer contains psychological horror because a demon is
the evil character and obviously because the audience or the characters in the film can’t see
the demon it makes the trailer even more creepy. [[[INCLUDE IMAGES FROM ALL THE FILMS
YOU MENTION, OR A SCENE FROM THEM EMBEDDED FROM YOUTUBE]]]

3. How does the trailer fit the conventions
of horror trailers?
The setting for our horror trailer was in a house which was the main characters Leo’s house
and the demon was in the house creating noises and making Leo go crazy. We also included a
variety of high and low angles in our trailer to show fear from the characters. Leo also
screamed a lot to make disturbing sounds to make the audience be on edge when watching
our trailer. Props that we used identified our main character Leo as a ex cop who has literally
lost the plot, drinking vodka and popping pills. The theme of the horror trailer was depression
as Leo had lost his job as a police officer after shooting a child and is now depressed. He can’t
forget what he did and has resorted to getting wasted every day. A trailer which I wanted to
recreate the style of for our trailer was ‘The Conjuring’ [[[MAKE SURE TO EMBED THE TRAILER
FOR THE CONJURING INTO THIS POWERPOINT SLIDE... MAKE THE TEXT SMALLER IF YOU
NEED MORE ROOM]]] because the music made the trailer really creepy but kept the audience
watching to see what happened to the woman who was being tormented by the demon which
is similar to our trailer in certain aspects because of the demon tormenting the main
characters. We used fast paced scenes with the main character Leo screaming close up to the
camera to create jump scares and to make the audience feel uncomfortable whilst watching
the trailer.

4. What auteur influence did you bring to
your trailer?
Auteurs such as Alfred Hitchcock influenced me on for my horror trailer because Alfred
Hitchcock made Psycho which is one of the best psychological horror’s of all time which raised
the standard for horror films to a completely different level. Another auteur that inspired me
was George Romero who made Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Dawn of the Dead (1979)
[[[UNDERLINE MOVIE TITLES AND INCLUDE IMAGES FROM FILMS]]] which was a great horror
film full of gore and an absolute thriller. George Romero influenced me because he was unlike
other auteurs he went against the stereotypical character roles and had a black guy [[[SAY
WHAT HIS NAME WAS IN BRACKETS]]] as the male hero and a blonde woman as a female
survivor [[[SAY WHAT HER NAME WAS IN BRACKETS]]], which at that time no other horror
films did. My trailer is distinctive because of the gore scenes such as the scratches down the
arm and the distinct stabbing scene which was by the demon so you couldn’t see the who was
holding the knife or who got stabbed and that is why our trailer was unique. Our trailer did
reflect its historical context as the setting was in a modern house which represents life today
as the majority of the country live in modern houses. [[[ALSO REPRESENTS ONGOING
PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND ALCOHOL ABUSE]]]