Thursday, 30 January 2014

Research into similar films


Prom Night (2008)


A similar film to ours is 'Prom night'.

Brief synopsis of plotline:
'In Bridgeport, the deranged high school teacher Richard Fenton is obsessed by the teenager student Donna Keppel; she witnesses him murder her family to stay with her, but Richard is arrested and sent to prison for life. Three years later, the traumatized Donna is feeling better but is still under psychological treatment and taking pills. On her prom night, she goes with her boyfriend Bobby and two couples of friends to the Pacific Grad Hotel for the party. But the psychopath Richard has escaped from prison and is lodged in the same floor in the hotel chasing Donna, stabbing her friends and staff of the hotel that cross his path.'

How is it similar: The Storyline is similar in the way that both films include an obsessive killer. In our film, Ben, having become obsessed with Alex and Becky after being rejected by them, plans to kill the in a 'If I can't have you, no one can' way. Ben manages to get inside the house while the girls celebrate getting into University and spend their last day together. Ben kills each girl.


'M' (1931)


Although 'M' focusses on a child killer, the film has a few similarities to ours. For example, the killer whistles a tune ('Hall of a mountain king') as he approaches his victim. In our film, when Ben is approaching Alex, he begins to whistle a tune.

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