Horror Research

Captivate the audience Horror goals Captivate the audience Invoke Fears Cause dread To shock To frighten

The cycles Zombie cycle Night of the living dead 28 Days later World war Z Resident evil Pulp science fiction horror cycle The thing from another world The day the earth stood still The invasion of the body snatchers Godzilla Occult horror cycle Rosemary’s baby The Exorcist The Omen The Amityville horror Slasher cycle Psycho Scream A nightmare on elm street Friday the 13th Halloween

Supernatural horror Insidious- 15- grossed $97 million Sinister- 15- grossed $77.7 million Annabelle- 15- grossed $255.3 million The conjuring- 15- grossed $320 million Paranormal activity- 15- grossed $193.4 million The possession- 15- grossed $78,515,363 The woman in black- 15- grossed $127.7 million Mama- 15- grossed $146,428,180

12 out of the 19 people that I surveyed said that the scariest films they’d seen were in the supernatural and demonic sub genre. When asked what was the scariest scene from their chosen film, 10 out of 19 mentioned demons and the possessions of people and objects it their answers. Mostly all of the people in my survey were under the age of 20 but over the age of 15. https://www.surveymonkey.com/analyze/jT_2B5nC1qzyXeQKhPhloKFChbyiFygAXqytM8_2F8CU0aI_3D

BARB Box office mojo Evil dead inspiration

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