Horror movie good and bad points 29th Oct

Readers,

Today for my half term I have been set prep which is to look at and examine 5 different horror movie trailers and describe what is good and bad about each one.

Jeepers Creepers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNI06Kzm4Y

Good Points

1. Don't see what the creature/man is until he is trying to kill them.
2. Creepy area with horror stories told by the locals about this creature that kills and eats people.
3. Starts with two people alone driving in the middle of nowhere.

Bad Points

1. Not enough scary music used.
2. Make up of the creature is over the top, looks too fake and made up.

Night mare on Elm Street https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuYoEtEI_go

Good Points

1. Scary music used to create tension
2. Real life- set in modern day America
3. Horrific factor that if you fall asleep you will be killed by this man in your dream.
4. Use of killers claws. The killer always uses his claws to terrify and kill his victims.

Bad Points

1. Not believable- Supernatural element. Eg. One of the girls is lifted in the air in real life by the killer in her dream.
2. You see the killer too soon.

Orphan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ywOPNNii9w

Good Points

1. Real life scene used. Eg. Orphanage used and a family want to adopt.
2. Scary music.
3. Secrets of who and what she is and where she has come from.
4. Jumpy elements to the film. The suspense in some of the film built up by the music it suddenly just stops and then something tragic happens. Eg. the mother runs over her other daughter.

Bad Points

1. Not real story line. An older women inside a young girls body is superficial.

The Ring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuH5FaUpFm4

Good Points

1. Scary stories told about the video tape and how if you watch it that you will die in 7 days after you have a phone call saying this.
2. Creepy music used to create uneasiness and anticipation. This also has the effect on us as the audience of us being easily frightened or spooked.
3. Scary voices used. Eg. the phone call saying that you will die in 7 days.
4. Real life. Scene set in up state America.

Bad Points

1. Supernatural elements to the film. Eg. this fact that you will be dead in 7 days by watching the video tape.

Aliens vs Predators https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBqxeqmx0nk

Good Points

1. Music used to show something was about to happen and also used for tension.
2. Noises- before the aliens and predators are introduced there are several spooky (diagetic) noises used to show that the creatures are waking up.
3. Use of camera when seeing through the creatures eyes gives the film another perspective and shows us how the creatures are seeing and what their next point of attack is.

Bad Points

1. Sci-fi-Use of things that are not real. Eg. Aliens and the Predators.
2. Costume-They are supposed to be "out of this world" but they are very fake.

The main factors for a horror movie are:

• Scary music to create suspense.
• Real life story used.
• Not seeing or knowing what the horrific creature is or could be.
• Scary setting with strange things happening. Eg. disappearances and deaths.

Things NOT to do:

• Do NOT use cartoons/bad make up. This spoils the "fear factor" of the film.
• Do NOT use too much fake blood.
• Do NOT see the creature or thing too early in the story.

I will use these factors in my final AS level media studies piece.