Slasher film survey analysis

1. By Sophia
Benyahia
Slasher Film
Survey
Analysis

2. WHAT GENDER ARE YOU?
We put this question in our
questionnaire to find out who
our target audience was.
From my results the gender
was quite equal as 30 were
female and 27 were male.
This tells me that there is
both a male and female
audience. However, there is
more of a female audience.
30
27
FEMALE MALE

3. HOW OLD ARE YOU?
The people that answered my
questionnaire was ages 14 – 27.
However, the age groups that made up
the majority of the people were aged
17 – 23. Also, as horror films usually
have an age restriction, so will mine as
not many people under the age of 17
answered the survey.
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
14-16 17-21 22-27

4. HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO TO THE
CINEMA?
3 or more times
a month
Once a month
Once every
three months
Once a year
Never
We put this question in our
questionnaire to find out
how often our target
audience go to the cinema.
At the beginning of a film at
the cinema, there is usually
around 15 – 20 minutes of
trailers played. From the
graph, I know that there will
be a large group of people
that will see my trailer and
decide whether they want to
watch it.

5. DO YOU STREAM FILMS ONLINE?
52
5
YES NO
This question is similar to
the last question as I wanted
to find out if my target
audience watch film at home
instead of or as well as going
to the cinema. As 52 out of
57 people stream films
online, I know that there will
be a fan base on the initial
release of my trailer.

6. RANK THE SLASHER FILM LOCATION FROM MOST
SCARIEST (4) TO LEAST SCARIEST (1)
House 10
Woods 13
School 9
Abandoned location 18
House 16
Woods 14
School 13
Abandoned location 9
MOST SCARIEST LEAST SCARIEST
The location that was picked most for the most scariest slasher film location was
an abandoned location. This lets me know that this location is most scariest to my
audience so that I can use to for trailer.
The location that was picked most for the least scariest slasher film location was
a house. This lets me know that this location is least scariest to my audience.

7. RANK THE SLASHER FILM WEAPON FROM MOST
SCARIEST (5) TO LEAST SCARIEST (1)
MOST SCARIEST
Knife 9
Axe 6
Machete 8
Hammer 6
Screwdriver 21
LEAST SCARIEST
Knife 2
Axe 8
Machete 12
Hammer 3
Screwdriver 20
This results of this question were quite interesting as the weapon that was picked most
for the most scariest slasher film weapon was a screwdriver and the weapon that was
picked most for the least scariest slasher film weapon was also a screwdriver. Therefore,
there is very mixed opinions from my target audience. However, the second most scariest
weapon was a machete and the second least scariest weapon was a knife.

8. RANK THE SLASHER FILM VILLAINS FROM MOST
SCARIEST (5) TO LEAST SCARIEST (1)
Freddy Krueger 11
Michael Myers 7
Jigsaw 7
Jason Voorhees 8
Chucky 9
MOST SCARIEST
Freddy Krueger 7
Michael Myers 10
Jigsaw 8
Jason Voorhees 8
Chucky 13
LEAST SCARIEST
The villain that was picked most for the most scariest slasher film villain was Freddy
Krueger. This lets me know that the appearance of this villain is most scariest to my
audience so that I can use for inspiration when choosing my villain for my trailer.
The villain that was picked most for the least scariest slasher film villain was Chucky.

9. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT
WATCHING SLASHER FILMS?
From the graph, 36 people said
that they enjoyed being scared
when watching slasher films,
therefore my group and I are
going to use techniques in our
trailer to make our audience
scared by using jump shots
which will make them want to
watch our film.
The villain
The characters
Plot
Build up
Action
Being scared

10. WHAT ARE YOU MOST SCARED OF?
Death 15
The dark 12
Clowns 7
Fire 5
Spiders 2
Supernatural 2
Psychological Serial Killers 1
Being abandoned 1
Heights 1
Sea 1
The majority of our target
audience are scared of death the
most. As this is what scares my
audience the most and my
audience enjoys watching
slasher films that makes them
scared, I will use this in my
trailer. Death is also very
conventional theme for slasher
films which will help my trailer
be conventional and
recognisable as a slasher.