The Horror Film Since 1980

Here is the opening title to the iconic film in the 1980's.

Friday The 13th (1980)
Part 2 (1981)
 Part 3 (1982)
The Final Chapter (1984)
A New Beginning (1985)
Jason Lives (1986)
The New Blood (1988)
 Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Jason Goes To Hell (1993)
Jason X (2001)
Freddy vs. Jason(2003)
 Friday the 13th remake(2009)

We noted the importance of music, colour, and font in attempt to create the sense of a horror film.

 

 

 

This is the opening sequence to Wes Craven's 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984)

We noted the effect that a heightened diegetic sound makes, and the effect of close-up shots of the hands, which bring the danger

 

By Emili Hone