Braindead (1992) Trailer review

NAME OF FILM: Braindead

YEAR RELEASED: 1992

GENRE OF TRAILER: Horror

MY MARK AFTER VIEWING: 7/10

What happened within the trailer?

The trailer for Braindead tells a basic overview of the relationship between a power hungry mother over her son until she died through a virus/disease. After that we see hordes of zombies pour into the picturesque neighborhood and create a sense of panic.   

Which positive, clever or interesting aspects do you think you could include in your own trailer? What generic features are fulfilled well?

The editing of the trailer was very successful. It had a good use of collision cutting which cut from slow and picked up a pace whilst cutting between different action sequences within the movie.. I'd like to try and capture that same pace within my trailer in order to keep the audience hooked with the action but still leaving them wanting more. The trailer didn't use inter titles to establish any backstory, other than the title of the movie. I thought the trailer didn't really need it because it gave away enough of the plot to hook audiences attention.  I liked the music used, it was an ambient noise but creepy piece of music, it used the classic instrument in horror films; the violin. This helped to establish the tone of them movie. 

Which aspects of the trailer did you think were unsuccessful, and would have put off its target audience? How is it disappointing?

I like the trailer which is why my score was pretty high however whilst I have a criticism it's probably more of a personal preference. I didn't like how they tried to use a lot of comedy within the trailer, they should keep that to the movie to relieve audiences from the horror a little bit; but this didn't really work in the trailer. I'd want to avoid this by including classic horror conventions to firmly establish the genre for my audiences.

What was the trailer’s score Why did it receive that mark?

My score for the trailer was 7/10 for the use of collision cutting and the overall pacing of the trailer. It also left enough of the narrative a mystery to keep people hooked. The trailer however used very little key horror conventions other than the quick editing and some of the cinematography use, which is fine but the use of a lot of comedy throws it from the genre.