Plot: A true-crime writer moves his family into a house to do with a murder he is working on without telling them that this is the reason why. After finding some old films where a certain figure appears in each one, he begins to realise making the move may have put not only himself, but his family in danger.
What I like:
In the trailer, there are several flashbacks to past times and they use a vintage, old-school film filter to show this. I really like the way they've done it and I think that it adds to the realism and spookiness of the trailer. Towards the end of the trailer, the pacing is really quick and creates a really frightening atmosphere. The jump scare at the end is unexpected and works really well in relation to the whole film. I also really like the use of zooms to close-ups on both the antagonist and protagonist as it makes the audience feel extremely uncomfortable and vulnerable.
What I didn't like:
At the beginning, I felt like they took too long establishing the storyline, it'd be better if they left it a mystery and jumped into the scary shots earlier on as it got slightly boring in my eyes. I also think that they give too much of the story away, I feel like after watching the trailer, I've watched a mini film and kind of know what's happened or can easily suspect what will happen. More of an open ending or a cliff-hanger would've worked better to make me want to actually watch the film.
My score: 7/10.
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