The document summarizes the results of a questionnaire about preferences for horror movies. Most respondents preferred psychological and supernatural horrors because they like mystery and suspense. Common favorite films use unknown and supernatural elements to generate suspense through their storyline. Respondents dislike films that rely on jump scares instead of suspense or have unbelievable plots. The questionnaire findings suggest that the opening sequence should be set in an isolated area, focus on suspenseful elements over gore, and emphasize an intriguing storyline to appeal to horror fans.

1. Questionnaire results

2. Q1. What do you think makes
horror movies scary?
Good Visuals
Suspense
Mystery
Gore
From this chart we can clearly see that people look for suspense in a horror movies.
Therefore we will try to include elements which create suspense in our opening
sequence.

3. Q2. What is your favourite type
of horror?
Psychological
Slasher
Supernatural
Monster
Here we can see that psychological and supernatural horrors are preferred whilst Slasher
movies aren’t very popular. This shows that people like the mystery and suspense of
horror, so we will imply this into out sequence.

4. Q3. What is your favourite film?
The Thing
Dawn of the dead
Wrong turn 2
Halloween
1408
Birdemic:Shock…
The Ring
Sinister
Amityville Horror
Here we can see that a lot of the favourite horror movies are about the unknown and
the supernatural. So we will imply this into out sequence.

5. Q4. Why is it your favourite
horror film?
Great Storyline
Suspense
Zombies
Funny
Don't Know
Gripping
Scary
Again, we can see that people enjoy horror movies which have a lot of suspense in
them, as well as a great plot/storyline. We will try to create a convincing storyline
which will create suspense within out title sequence.

6. Q5. What is your least favourite
horror movie?
Paranormal Activity
Survival of the dead
Sinister
Birdemic:Shock…
Woman in black
Clown movies
Although popular movies are movies about mystery and the supernatural, they are
also the least popular. This shows that if a movie about mystery isn’t done very well
then it can go terribly wrong. Knowing this, we will try to create a convincing horror
movie as best as we can.

7. Q6. Why is it your least
favourite horror film?
Unbelievable
Bad script
Boring
Relied on jumpscares
Little Suspense
Predicatable
Phobia
From this we can see that movies that people hate are generally unbelievable and have
terrible scripts/storyline. This shows that horror isn't just about the scare factor, people
want to see a god storyline as they do with any other genre of movie.

8. Q7. What is your favourite
setting for a horror film?
Domestic
Forests
Isolated parts of town
Haunted House
Out opening sequence will be set in an isolated part of town as we can see in this
chart that it is the most popular location for a horror movie among fans.

9. Q8. How often do you watch
horror films?
Very often
Often
Not very often
Rarely
We can see here that most people don’t watch horror movies on a regular occasion.
This means that when they do watch a horror it will have to be good and convincing
to please them. It could also mean that ideas and concepts can be used as the
audience may have not seen another movie like it before, so we aren’t to worried
about originality.

10. Q9. Are you a fan of horror
films?
Yes
No
Here we can see that the majority of people are fans of horror movies, showing
that the genre is a good choice for an opening sequence.

11. Q10a. Why do you like horror
films?
Suspense
Entertaining
Gore
Best Genre
Enjoy being scared
Again, we can see that people like a horror movie to have suspense but also for
it to be entertaining and full contain gore.

12. Q10b. Why don’t you like horror
movies?
Boring
Too Scary
The people who said that they don’t like horror films said that they find them boring
or too scary. The fact that we now know to make the movie full of suspense will help
to make the movie more entertaining and not bore people.