Research: Horror films continued

One of my favourite horror films Is Saw (Despite them dragging on) I feel the film has a creative yet twisted plot, topped off with a bucket load of gore. As i found out in previous research, many people will refuse to pay any attention to real blood and horror but if it's in a film, we love it! Below is a trailer for Saw 1

 

Saw 1

Another key theme of horror films is paranormal, and fear of the unknown, which I guess is why most horror films you see tend to contain a lot of dark scenes and eerie noises to build tension throughout the film, in order to try and keep the audience attached for as long as possible. One of the most recent popular paranormal films is "Paranormal Activity", personally I don't like these films because I feel there isn't enough action and you don't get to see much of what's going on. Paranormal activity is filmed in a similar style to "The Blair witch project", one of the most iconic paranormal films out there

As you can see by the reactions, people will respond with laughter to being scared

Zombie films are still as current as ever, evolving from the 1950's creation of mutants and monsters. I feel these are a popular sub-genre because of the realism some zombie films convey, and lets face it, in reality no one wants to be eaten alive. Recently I watched one of my favourite zombie films - the reason I like it so much is again because of the gore, the realistic special effects and the thrilling storyline

 28 weeks later

In order to find out what other people think about horror films I have conducted a Survey for them to take with a variety of questions about Horror films- this should help me in planning for my main task