Film Influences and Movie trailers

In this post, I will display our influences and what interested me when it came to making an unconventional horror movie. The Hound of the Baskervilles Clip is the first 10 minutes of the 2002 T.V movie while the Dr. Jeckyll clip is a very famous scene, portraying the schizophrenic side and where we got our influences from. Another film containing brilliant schizophrenic scenes is 'Psycho' terrifing audiences in 1960, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The Shining trailer is an expertly-made fan trailer, depicting the true horror of a 1980s classic.

Sin City trailer -
From the film Sin City, we took the idea of shooting a whole film in black and white, but with bursts of colour, such as the Rose or the Axe head being red. After consideration about it, we found that it would be too hard to do, so we settled with parts of the film being in black and white, instead of Greyscale. The diary entrance is shot in colour while the murder scene in black and white. We did this in order to back the murder scene look more eerie and satanic, adding to the religious feel of the piece.



The Hound of the Baskervilles Part 1 -
We took the idea of having a countryside ruling the plot of the film. In the Hound of the Baskervilles, the Moors control what characters do due to the dense levels of fog and the haunting and murderous bogs. In our piece, we wanted to create a countryside which really seperated the character from the rest of humanity, much like the Hound of the Baskervilles.



Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde "Free At Last" -
This clip shows the unveiling of Mr. Hyde as the murderous creature gets brought to the fore. In our piece, this mental disease controls Elizabeth the widow entirely, with most of the decisions being influenced by her darker side, much like Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.



The Shining Tribute Trailer -
From the Shining we took the murder Weapon and the idea of having terrifing close-ups - Some which are seen in the trailer. The Shining influenced our piece a lot due to how influentual it was when it was released in the 1980s. Therefore we thought it only fitting to include one of the best murder weapons of all time, bringing the older audience back to this great classic.



Psycho trailer (1960) -
From Psycho we took the Schizophrenia idea as, along with our plot, Psycho relied upon this mental disease - As seen in the infamous Interrigation scene at the end when Norman Bates is caught. We tried to fit this disease in, so we would also have something to help pull the plot along and we worked off this 1960 classic.