Horror Trailer Analysis
Name of film: Toxic Avenger Year Released: 1986
Genre of Trailer: Comedy horror Your Mark: 6/10
The trailer starts off with a nerdy kid who gets bullied by all the ‘popular’ kids which becomes so bad to the point that he falls into toxic waste which causes him to turn into a monster and he becomes a hero and it shows clips of him beating up muggers.
The trailer has good edits one example is the scene where he changes into the monster. The whole thing about not seeing his face sucks the audience in and makes you want to go see the film. The narrative in the background clearly explains the story and gives the film more of a comedy look to it. There are parts that are restricted narration but you know that it will be shown the film.
Too much of the film was shown so you basically didn’t need to see the film and it was made it worse that the trailer was so long. Also the narrator says ‘you need to see the movie to see his face’ even though further into the trailer you see his face. It also lacked tension and suspense, which I think even though it’s a comedy horror it still needs the aspect of suspense to give more of a horror feel. I don’t think we would use any aspects of this horror trailer in our trailer.
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