Evil Dead (2013) Trailer Analysis

Evil Dead (2013)

Genre: Horror

My Score: 7/10

Classes Score: 8.6/10

The trailer for Evil Dead (2013) explains the basic narrative of the film, but also shows that they have changed the narrative slightly from the original Evil Dead made in 1985. A girl gets taken, by her friends, to a cabin located in an isolated wood so that she can break her drug and drink habits. She then becomes possessed and tries to kill her friends. The trailer explores some of the ways in which the possessed girl hurts her friends, and how they try and kill her in order to survive.

The trailer had multiple positive aspects, the use of slow to fast collision cutting throughout the trailer kept the audience engaged and also created an air of tension. The sound track and the editing are well timed; this makes the trailer even more effective on the audience. The quick flashes of action, as well as the sound effects also help the audience to get a feel for the overall mood of the film; it also excites the audience because of the sudden explosions of action throughout the trailer. The music also fits with the inter titles that are used throughout the trailer to elaborate on the narrative; the inter titles make the trailer look and feel more dramatic due to the sound effects and sound track used to accompany them. The trailer also shows genuinely horrific bits from the film that will draw in gore fans, for example; the knife sliding down the possessed girls tongue shown at the end of the trailer.

There were aspects of the trailer that I thought were unsuccessful, for example; I thought that the trailer explored too much of the film, it doesn’t leave much that the viewer hasn’t seen when watching the film. The trailer also ruins the plot for the audience, it isn’t secretive enough. The trailer is also longer than most film trailers; the trailer lasts 2 minutes and 20 seconds, the normal trailer lasts for 1 minute and 30 seconds. There was also the use of the overall unrealistic puke, which adds a comical element to the film that does not shine in any way on the comedy genre.

The trailers average score was 8.6/10. One of the reasons why it didn’t score higher was that it contained too much gore and didn’t leave much left to be shown in the film. It contained good inter titles which excited the audience, it also had plenty of collision cutting to excite the audience and create a tense atmosphere. The music also contributed to the tense atmosphere, also the trailer looked genuinely scary, therefore it would appeal to most horror fans.