Monday, December 22, 2014
Monday, November 3, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
The Conjuring: trailer analysis
After watching The Conjuring trailer I decided to base one of my horror analysis' on this.
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Annabelle- background information
Annabelle
Synopsis:
Annabelle is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, produced by James Wan, and written by Gary Dauberman. It is both a prequel to and spin-off of The Conjuring. The
film stars Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, and Alfre Woodard. The film will be released worldwide on October
3, 2014.
Annabelle premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre
in Hollywood, Los Angeles on September 29, 2014.
The Cast:
·
Ward
Horton as John Gordon
·
Kerry
O'Malley as Sharon Higgins
·
Tree
O'Toole as Thin Woman;
Annabelle Higgins
·
Keira
Daniels as Young Annabelle
Higgins
·
Morganna
May as Debbie
·
Michelle
Romano as Mary
·
Christopher
Shaw as Fuller
The Movie:
o Directed by: John R, Leonetti
o Produced by: Peter Safran and James Wan
o Written by: Gary Dauberman
o Starring: Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton and Aldre
Woodard
o Music by: Joseph Bishara
o Cinematography: James Kniest
o Edited by: Tom Elkins
o Production companies: New Line Cinema, Atomic
Monster and The Safran Company
o Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
o Release dates: October 3, 2014
o Running time: 98 minutes
o Country: United States
o Language: English
o Budget: $5 million
o Box office: $2.1 million
The Conjuring- background information
The Conjuring
Synopsis:
The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan. Patrick Wilson and Vera
Farmiga star as Ed and Lorraine Warren, who were
American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent
cases of haunting. Their reports
inspired the Amityville Horror. The Warrens come to the assistance of
the Perron family (Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor), who are experiencing
increasingly disturbing events in their farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971.
The Conjuring was released in the United States and
Canada on July 19, 2013, and in the United Kingdom and India on August 6, 2013.
The film grossed over $318 million worldwide from its $20 million budget,
making it one of the highest grossing horror films of all time.
The cast:
·
Patrick
Wilson as Ed Warren
·
Kyla
Deaver as April Perron
The movie:
o
Directed by: James
Wan
o
Produced by: Tony
DeRosa-Grund, Peter Safran and Rob Cowan
o
Written by: Chad
Hayes and Carey W. Hayes
o
Starring: Vera
Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor
o
Music by: Joseph
Bishara
o
Cinematography:
John R. Leonetti
o
Edited by: Kirk M.
Morri
o
Production
companies: New Line Cinema, The Safran Company and Evergreen Media Group
o
Release dates: July
19, 2013 (United States)
o
Running time: 112
minutes
o
Language: English
o
Budget: $20
million
o
Box Office:
$318,000,141
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Paranormal activity- background information
Synopsis:
Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film written, co-produced, photographed, edited, and directed by Oren Peli. The film centers on a young couple, Katie and Micah, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the style of "found footage", from cameras set up by the couple in an attempt to document what is haunting them.
Originally developed as an independent feature and given film festival screenings in 2007, the film was acquired by Paramount Pictures and modified, particularly with a new ending. It was given a limited U.S. release on September 25, 2009, and then a nationwide release on October 16, 2009. The film earned nearly $108 million at the U.S. box office and a further $85 million internationally for a worldwide total of $193 million. Paramount/DreamWorks acquired the U.S. rights for $350,000. It is the most profitable film ever made, based on return on investment, although such figures are difficult to verify independently as this is likely to exclude marketing costs.
A parallel sequel, Paranormal Activity 2, was released on October 22, 2010. The success of the first two films would spawn additional films in the series: the prequel Paranormal Activity 3, released on October 21, 2011, and sequel to 2 Paranormal Activity 4 released on October 19, 2012, a spin-off titled Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones released on January 3, 2014 and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension planned to be released on March 13, 2015.
Cast:
- Katie Featherston as Katie
- Micah Sloat as Micah
- Mark
Fredrichs as Dr. Fredrichs
- Amber
Armstrong as Amber
- Ashley
Palmer as Diane
The movie:
o
Directed by: Oren Peli
o
Produced by: Oren Peli and Jason Blum
o
Written by: Oren Peli
o
Starring: Katie Featherson and Micah Sloat
o
Cinematography: Oren Peli
o
Edited by: Oren Peli
o
Production company: Blumhouse Productions and Solana Films
o
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
o
Release dates: October 14, 2007
o
Running time: 99 minutes
o
Language: English
o
Budget: $15,000
o
Box office: $193,355,800
Insidious- background information
Insidious
Synopsis:
Insidious
is a 2010 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan, written by
Leigh Whannell, and starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Barbara Hershey. It
is the first instalment in a series. The story, bearing strong resemblance to
the 1982 classic Poltergeist, centres around a couple whose son inexplicably
enters a comatose state and becomes a vessel for ghosts in an astral dimension.
The film was released in theatres on April 1, 2011,and is FilmDistrict's first
theatrical release. A sequel, Insidious: Chapter 2, was released on
September 13, 2013, with Wan returning as director and Whannell returning as
screenwriter. Because of the film's success it was turned into a maze for 2013's
annual Halloween Horror Nights. The next film in the series, Insidious:
Chapter 3 is set to be released on May 29, 2015.
Cast:
• Patrick Wilson
as Josh Lambert
• Josh Feldman
as young Josh
• Rose Byrne
as Renai Lambert
• Lin Shaye
as
Elise Rainier
• Ty Simpkins
as Dalton Lambert
• Barbara Hershey as Lorraine Lambert
• Leigh Whannell
as Specs
The movie:
o
Directed
by- James Wan
o
Produced
by- Jason Blum, Steven Schneider
and Oren Peli
o
Written by- Leigh Whannell
o
Starring- Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Barbara
Hershey
o
Music
by- Joseph Bishara
o
Cinematography- John
R. Leonetti
and David M. Brewer
o
Edited
by- James Wan and Kirk Morri
o Production companies- Alliance Films, IM Global, Stage 6 Films
and Blumhouse Productions
o
Distributed
by- FilmDistrict
(USA) and Momentum Pictures (UK)
o
Release
dates- September 14, 2010
(TIFF) and April 1, 2011 (United
States)
o
Running
time- 102 minutes
o
Country- United States
o
Language- English
o
Budget- $1.5 million
o
Box
office- $97,009,150
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