The Conjuring Solo Trailer Reveiw

The Conjuring Trailer Review

Name of Film: The Conjuring

Year released: 2013

Genre of trailer: psychological horror

Your mark after viewing: 8/10

What happened in the trailer?

The trailer shows a mother and her children playing hide and seek. The mother is blindfolded and the children must clap to help the mother find them. The mother is in a bedroom and hears clapping coming from the wardrobe. She walks towards it but finds out her children were hiding in different rooms. When the children goes to bed the mum hears light laughter and clapping coming from downstairs, she looks over the landing banister to see that a load of photo frames have fallen of the wall. The mum then goes down to the basement where she thinks the clapping is coming from  and id locked inside it. the light bulb in the basement is then turned on and within a couople of seconds the bulb is blown creating darkness again.     

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

I liked the way in this trailer that the scenes all flowed well together, with fades to black. I thought the storyline of the trailer worked well to create suspense to the viewer. I liked the use of restricted narration in this trailer when the mum is locked in the basement and we gear her screaming. At the end of the trailer a light child’s lullaby is being played which again creates suspense and mystery about the film.

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

There wasn’t anything that I spotted that I thought didn’t work well during this trailer. It is one of the best I have seen from the genre of horror. However if I was to pick at something I would say the pace in the middle of the trailer could have been faster than what it was.

I gave this trailer a 9/10 becasue it drew me in wanting to see more of the film and making me go to see it at the cinema. i thought the jump scares whcich were used frewuently made the trailer more intense. i think this trailer links very well tto the genre checklist and for a psychological horror.