When you think about a horror film, usually there is a lot of blood and gore involved but this film stayed away from the norm and took more of a realistic approach. There were no special effects to try and scare the viewers or anything of that nature. The director used real life events that could occur to grab the attention of the audience in a creepy way. There were a lot of dark undertones used as well as spooky sounds and an eerie soundtrack. In looking at the cinematography, there was a lot of fading in and out of the camera to exaggerate the horror in the film. Also, the faded colors added to the depiction of the time the film was made and gave the viewers a sense of what things were like in that time. Even with a $3.2 million budget, the film made over $30 million in the US alone without all the special effects like most horror films and was able to portray that same
When you think about a horror film, usually there is a lot of blood and gore involved but this film stayed away from the norm and took more of a realistic approach. There were no special effects to try and scare the viewers or anything of that nature. The director used real life events that could occur to grab the attention of the audience in a creepy way. There were a lot of dark undertones used as well as spooky sounds and an eerie soundtrack. In looking at the cinematography, there was a lot of fading in and out of the camera to exaggerate the horror in the film. Also, the faded colors added to the depiction of the time the film was made and gave the viewers a sense of what things were like in that time. Even with a $3.2 million budget, the film made over $30 million in the US alone without all the special effects like most horror films and was able to portray that same