Horror Film Openings

Horror film openings have elements that are included to enhance the scariness of the film and to keep the audience engaged, and also so the audience can recognise that the genre is horror.

These are the elements that are used to make a good horror film opening:

• Questions - A question at the beginning of the film that will be answered later in the film, this keeps the audience engaged and want to watch on to see what happens.
• Suspense - The storyline should go slowly to create tension.
• Dark - The lighting should be dark to create a eerie atmosphere.
• Jumpy - They should have elements that make you jump to keep the audience interested.
• Music - This plays an important part in horror films as it creates the right mood and tension.
• Background - Something that happened before the beginning of the film.
• Mystery - So the viewer is not sure what's going happen next.