Horror movies is a guilty-pleasure of mine. I love the skin-pricking thrill of being terrified at the movies, but, what makes a horror movie successful? There is an unnoticable abundance of low-budget-bad-acted horror movies that I can say are not terrifying but soothe the bloodlusting slasher movie geeks. Below is a moodboard of what entices me, what scares me and what makes me fall in love with the horror genre all over again!
Here are a few examples of horror movies that have scarred and shocked me (in a good way) and have upheld the classic and orginiality of the horror movies.
(The Shining - 1980)
(Rec - 2007)
(Psycho - 1960)
(Ils - 2006)
There are three key things that I really enjoy in horror movies right now: the first is the sense of "this-could-be-you" in horror movies. Successful horror movies, in my opinion, have always been set in relatible environments e.g motels, your own home and the city. Making a movie in an environment the audience can recognize (as apposed to the Moon) gives that deeper sense of fear. Another thing that makes my skin crawl is the never revolutionary use of hand-held equipment that gives the camera a first person view of what is happening like the movie has been filmed all on a camera-phone or a camera that has just been picked up. And the final aspect is forgein languages - languages that I do not know adds more of a sense of confusion, Rec (Spanish) and Them ("Ils" - French) adds to the sense of mystery and confusion withint the plot.
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