Ok, so my posts last week may not have been clear, but I didn’t want too many people really thinking about it before they answered the poll.
This blog is basically a diary and research tool for my masters project here at DoJ. I want to study horror as a genre and more specifically, horror in movies. During this study, there will be various polls or questionnaires asking you, the reader/public, to add your thoughts and ideas to.
I’ll break it down in a very simple way.
I want to find out from you what films you found scary, why you found the scary, what aspects of the film really heightened the tension and suspense in the film. All of you will have different answers I’m sure, but my final outcome is hopefully to find the perfect horror, possibly even film my own short film taking on board all of my research and findings. I’m not expecting to find a formula, but I will be looking into lighting, music, story, location, theme etc. to try and find what really works well and what doesn’t work at all.
Ok, for my next question, I would like to ask you to send me an email (admin[at]pauljcreegan[dot]com) or leave a comment here on this page. I would like you to tell me what the scariest film you have seen and why?
It can be an old classic or modern slasher flick – it doesn’t matter, I just want to know what you liked and why you liked it. And if you have any suggestions for me to go off and watch, then please tell me this too.
Thanks guys for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.
P.S. Please tell your friends or anyone that you know that’s into horror or thrillers – thanks.
Event Horizon. Not an obvious choice, but the whole isolation and suspense of the film scared the hell out of me when I first watched it.
ReplyDeleteNot your typical ghosts/supernatural movie, but definitely one I have enjoyed being scared by.
Alien as well... I think it's the isolation and confined space that makes these films scary in my mind