SETTING ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HORRORSBY LOUIISE PITT

PSYCHO (1960)

Here we see the setting of the Alfred Hitchcock film “psycho”. The house seems isolated, this gives the audience the feeling that they're far from help. The house is very tall, this makes the audience feel as though they are belittled and vulnerable.

WOMAN IN BLACK (2012)

The colours of the house imply danger, death and evil. Its also a very big house which makes us feel unimportant and vulnerable. The fact that the house is completely overcome with shrubbery implies that no one ever visits it and makes the audience question why this could be. The fact that there is no surrounding buildings makes it feel isolated and like there will be no possibility of help.

THE HOSTEL (2005)

From this picture we can see that the corridors are very thin, this creates a claustrophobic feel, it makes us feel as if were trapped. It makes the audience panic slightly as there doesn't seem to be anywhere to escape to yet again making the audience feel trapped and unsafe.