Case Study- Horror Thrillers

For this case study I will be writing about the Horror Thriller sub-genre and I will look at three films The Silence of the Lambs, 28 Days Later and Psycho.
 For a film to be a horror thriller sub-genre it must create tension and suspense, anxiety, uncertainty and sometimes terror for the audience. It should also contain some gory, unpleasant scenes.


Psycho
Psycho is a film made from Alfred Hicthcock in the 1960's, so the opening of the film is in black and white and different to today's modern opening of films. The opening of the film does not really interest me it does not catch my attention but it may do with the older generation and other people. Even though nothing has been given away, there is no story line or anything, the audience can tell that Psycho is a horror thriller sub genre from the the music of the opening. The music is very heart pounding it is always building up tension and sounds very jumpy and it is the type of music that you can tell something is going to happen.

28 Weeks Later

28 weeks Later is a horror thriller sub genre which I think is quite an interesting thriller film. It has all the elements that a horror film would have. It is very jumpy and keeps you on your toes and can be quite scary at times. This film is completely different to Psycho but both are still horror thrillers.

The Silence of the Lambs
This film silence of the lambs is about a physco killer who escapes and is now again killing people. This is a horror thriller sub genre. It is a film that is quite tensed and can cause the audience to feel a bit uncertain and anxious as some parts of the film are quite gory.

Comparison
In my opinion, The Silence of the Lambs and Psyhco are quite similar. Both their story lines are about a serial killer and they were both made back in the 1960's to 1990's which shows why they are slightly different to the film 28 weeks later. 28 weeks later is about an outbreak of infection that soon becomes epidemic and everyone is soon evacuated but after 28 weeks they can move back into London however the dead people have turned into zombies and are after every living human being. It is quite tensed and scary but as you can see this film is a lot different to the other two films which may be due to the fact that 28 weeks later is a lot more modern and because they are directed by different people.