Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Horror Mood Board

Masks, such as those worn by Michael Myers, from Halloween, and the man in the mask, from The Strangers, particularly creates horror within me due to the fact you cannot identify the individual, it is a fake appearance of them. The fact that you cannot see a human face gives you the feel as if this creature is not human.
The feel of isolation also creates fear, shown here by the lake and forest. This is due to the fear of not being able to escape, it is just you and the forest.
Mirrors are central in my mood board as they are my greatest fear within horror. The fear of our reflections being able to do completely different things than us, or to us, on their own, creates fear.
Nails scraping along floors, eyes and the image of teeth being knocked out by a hammer are all to do with gore. Gore doesn't necessarily make me scared, I just find it uncomfortable to watch. As in such films as Saw and Hostel many different excruciating things happen to a body that wouldn't naturally.
Operating theaters, particularly completely white ones, I believe create great opportunity for horror. As, in films like The Human Centipede, crazed surgeons could use these and plaster the clean, white sheets with blood, creating fear.
The cave represents the fear of the unknown.

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