Secondary research

Best selling horror movies of 2013

Evil Dead was the best selling horror film of 2013 it is about possession, demons and some paranormal activity, the film also contains blood and a lot of gory chopping of body parts. It is very visual where we see everything and nothing is left to the imagination. The trailer does not give much away however we can see the gruesomeness of blood in the short snips that pop up for about three seconds. This film may attract viewers more because it shows everything, it does not leave at any horrific and shocking images. I will need to consider this when making my trailer, also if possession is a popular type of horror that will attract my audience.

The Purge is about, the fear of what society can lead to, a world with a 12 hour purge where all crime is legal. It is about the rich and the poor and who can afford to be safe. the moral of the movie is for a country to be crime free all year round. The wealthy people can afford to keep safe why the poor are seen as vulnerable, is the fair? This is a debate about is society reasonable and what the world can lead to and who will suffer. By making the film more realistic and relating it to a wide range audience attracts viewers more, and questions if in real life there could be a purge. I personally believe people can watch horror to be feared, but knowing it’s a film puts viewers at ease, however The Purge leaves the audience thinking could this happen in real life. The trailer of film, makes it even seem more realistic with the countdown before The Purge and the realistic CCTV footage. The film does also contains blood and gore.

The Conjuring is also about possession, paranormal, demons and witches. This is a jumpy horror that keeps audience hidden behind pillows and tense at every scene. The film, based on real life which I believe attracts viewers, knowing it really happened draws them in more, it is about a family who are experiencing weird activates around a new house, paranormal investigators are involved, where it leads to an exorcism. The controversial symbols of religion, and seeing a mother becoming a villain fascinates and interests viewers. The trailer is just the same as the film its self, it starts of as if it is a family movie with a nice happy scene of the family laughing and playing, which then leads to spirits playing with the family. We see short snips of what to expect such as ghosts and little girl spirits . The trailer does not contain blood or gore as the previous films but was a success, maybe because it was based on life events to put in the fear that blood and gore does.