WHO IS BUYING WHAT?
Horror is arguably the most popular movie genre on the market and it is no surprise that horror films are frequently bought by consumers in their millions.
Amazon is a really good site to research the bestselling horror movies of the moment and this is the site we used to help determine which sub-genre of horror we wanted to make. The bestselling horror movies featured on Amazon commonly feature zombies, the supernatural and creepy monsters. As a group we identified that there was a slasher movie shaped gap in the market and this is why we have chosen to create a slasher movie.
We also identified that there weren't many 'realistic' killers featured in the horror films and because of this we have decided to make our killer as realistic as possible; an average member of the public who would usually not be an expected killer.
In the slasher sub genre on the Amazon site cult classics such as Scream were amongst the best selling. This inspired us because Scream features a killer who attacks average people and the only thing preventing the murderer from being identified is a mask, the murderer really could be anyone. We are unsure where we will set our film however we are sure that we want it to feature characters that everyone can relate to so it will have a bigger impact on the audience.