Horror Analysis Of "Drag Me To Hell":

Horror analysis:

(opening two minutes)

 

'Drag me to hell'



The first opening scene i decided to analyse was 'Drag me to Hell' the reason i have chosen to look into this film is because from the first 2 minutes i can see that it relates to other horror films but in my opinion it has a different story film. Although you can tell that the people in the opening two minutes are not going to be in the film throughout because they dont speak English and the audience would loose interest if they had to read subtitles thoughout the film. 

As they begin the scene it is very dramatic but also at the same time it seems to be quite racist because they are being stereotypical about Gypsy's having powers to put curses on people. The opening shot is a long shot of the house which looks empty and has lots of bushes and trees as the surroundings.

It stats with the boy saying what has happened and it introduces us into the film. In he background there is music which sounds like the gypsies are humming as if they were coming to get him and they they have him he can't get away, it reminds me of when someone if playing and instrument and trying to get the snake to come out of the basket.

As the mother pulls out the necklace from his shirt it tells the audience that the curse has started to happen as from when she takes it a fly comes out with it which suggests that the necklace is dirty and the curse is coming. Straight away the scenes goes from the boy being outside and looking relatively fine to him sweating and looking really ill wrapped up, this suggests that they have moved on quickly as they don't want the audience to get bored to quickly at the beginning of the film.

 The music then becomes more up beat to bring more tension and draw the audience in, you then get a full shot of the ceiling as if you were him laying there. You see gypsies with long nails trying to grab him, this gives the effect that you feel sorry for the boy and you want to help him.

The scene then goes silent and you hear the door  creak this would then draw the audience in because for that one second you wonder who it is and what's going on. The lady which they think is going to cure him comes in saying a pray, then unexpectedly a scream comes in and it attaches the parents and the boy tries to run but the audience know for a fact that he won't get away. The boy then gets thrown over the side, he doesn't move for around a second, this would make the audience be on the edge of their chair as they instantly think he is dead suddenly the parents shout his name. The audience who are parents would put them In a position of what to do if it was their child. The boy isn't dead and moves but all of a sudden the ground cracks and he gets sucked up and all you see is his hand and him shouted this is when the audience would have realised why the film is called 'Drag me to Hell' the scene then finishes with the lady saying 'we will meet again' this gives the effect that she is going to find out a way to find him and it may reassure the audience but then it may make them think that they will meet again when he is evil. Also from what I can see she doesn't seem that scared or upset. This makes me think that she was always on their side and they prayer she was saying didn't mean anything.