Horror research

Horror films are aim to create the emotions of fear, disgust and horror within viewers. Horror often overlaps with Thriller.

Horror films use common nghtmares, people's fears, and the fear of the 'unknown'. Common Horrors include serial killers (eg: Pshyco), disease/virus outbreak (eg: Eight Days Later) and torture (eg: Saw).


Themes or elements often seen in typical horror films include ghosts, gore, werewolves, ancient curses, satanism, demons, vicious animals, vampires, cannibals, haunted houses, zombies and masked serial killers however some Horrors will also include the supernatural world.

Early horror movies are largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Phantom of the Opera. However more modern Horror moves use things such as gore and jump scenes (eg: Silent Hill, and The Ring)

Horrors in the years 2000-2009 include well known names such as Final Destination 2 (David R. Ellis, 2003, US), Boogeyman (Stephen Kay, 2005), Halloween (Rob Zombie, 2007, US) and The Human Centipede (Tom Six, 2009, UK)

5 Potential titles

* Spiked
* No way out
* Basement
* Chelsey
* Trapped

We decided on Trapped

50 word synopsis

Chelsey Smith is a single eighteen-year-old girl, recently dumped by her boyfriend. On a night alone out in the clubs drowning her sorrows. She thinks she's had a few too many drinks, but suddenly finds that things are taking a turn for the worst. She wakes up alone in a dark, confined room, with no possible way out and a man watching her every move from another room.

One sentence pitch

 These are some of the one sentence pitches we came out with

Never drink alone
No way out
No-one can hear her scream
A hangover is the least of her worries

We decided on A hangover is the least of her worries