Image Board:The Location

Halloween 1978

This is the location used in Halloween, which is a suburban house on a suburban street. Having the setting on a normal street, with normal houses makes this the scene and the situation scarier as placing such a horrible situation in a place that is known to be safe eliminates the safety factor that the audience have for such a normal place, leaving the audience scared.

In the trailer when the girl is running across the street away for the killer, makes the audience tense as this common neighbourhood suddenly seem deserted leaving the character helpless.

The Blair witch project

The Blair witch project is set in the woods. This is an effective location because the woods are like a maze making the characters feel lost and alone. It is the obstruction of the trees that portray the characters as venerable as they can’t see what is around them, it is this aspect that is effective as it plays on the fear of the audience, which is the fear of not seeing, or of the fear of being blind.

The chain saw massacre

The location of The Texas chain saw massacre is set in the woods and in an abandon house. This is common convention of slasher films, as the woods plays of the audience’s fear of being blind and lost. The abandon house plays on the audience’s fear of the unknown, as it is an unknown place. This allows the director to use the element of surprise as the audience and the characters don’t know what to expect.