The Strangers (2008) is a Thriller/Horror film starring Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler directed by Bryan Bertino. The film is about a young couple who's home is broken into by three masked criminals who trap them in the house and hunt them down. The film was said to be influenced by the Manson murders of the 1960's.
I particularly like this trailer because of its unconventional use of slide show pictures. The trailer starts with a slide show with prominent flicker sounds and pictures of different houses. It then proceeds to an intimate scene between two newlyweds who then walk over to their front door when someone whispers "you're gonna die".
The trailer uses the idea of someone invading your personal space to create fear. This is apparent when someone on the other side of the newlyweds new home whispers "you're gonna die". This creates fear because it is a known fact that one of life's most threatening events would be someone breaking into your home; your comfort zone. And metaphorically also, this idea creates fear because a persons home is their refuge and their 'safe place'.
How would we bring this 'space invasion' idea into our trailer? Well, it would be an interesting twist on events if we are able to bring this stereotypical horror theme of a 'stranger in the home' and maybe make the stranger the good character. By doing this, the viewer would see it as a fresh, new look on the Horror genre.
The trailer uses the idea of someone invading your personal space to create fear. This is apparent when someone on the other side of the newlyweds new home whispers "you're gonna die". This creates fear because it is a known fact that one of life's most threatening events would be someone breaking into your home; your comfort zone. And metaphorically also, this idea creates fear because a persons home is their refuge and their 'safe place'.
How would we bring this 'space invasion' idea into our trailer? Well, it would be an interesting twist on events if we are able to bring this stereotypical horror theme of a 'stranger in the home' and maybe make the stranger the good character. By doing this, the viewer would see it as a fresh, new look on the Horror genre.
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