Film Genre
From my early survey , my target audience revealed the most popular horror sub-genre is slasher. My research and personal interest in horror films shows that slasher films are extremely popular. However I believe many slasher films are very similar so I decide to merge it with another sub-genre crime/detective.
Typical slasher story line- masked killer tortures/stalks group of people and kills them one by one . The killer is revealed at the end but however this is not the end of his reign of terror.
Many slasher films do not end up showing the killer getting caught or murdered as it sets up another plot for a sequel. This applies to these slasher films-
-Halloween
-A nightmare on elm street
-Dead silence
-Friday 13th
Definition :
Slasher film- A horror film involving a single villain who commits a series of murders using a sharp , signature weapon.Mystery Film- Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction
Why?
In most slasher horror films there is a sense of mystery . This is used to create fear as the group of harassed people are clueless as to who the murderer is . This also creates tension in the audience as they will not know who it is until the end of the film. My film however will emphasis the mystery as it will keep the audience gripped onto the story line and eager to find out who this murderer is. To show my film opening is a slasher and mystery horror I will include a murder , clues and hints plus a crime scene.
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