By Frankie-Rose Taylor, Ama Charles-Adarkwa and Sonia Naqvi

Set in an isolated area where there

is no one to help, eg a haunted

house or forest.

Characters have to give in to primal

instincts.

A play on common fears, blurring

the line between fantasy and reality.

A struggle of good against evil.

Evil forces, events, or characters,

sometimes of supernatural origin,

intruding into the everyday world.

Director:Tom Six

Set in an isolated area where

there is no one to help, eg a

haunted house or forest.

Characters have to give in to primal

instincts.

A play on common fears, blurring

the line between fantasy and reality.

A struggle of good against evil.

Evil forces, events, or characters,

sometimes of supernatural origin,

intruding into the everyday world.

Director:Tom Six

Set in an isolated area where there

is no one to help, eg a haunted

house or forest.

Characters have to give in to

primal instincts.

A play on common fears, blurring

the line between fantasy and reality.

A struggle of good against evil.

Evil forces, events, or characters,

sometimes of supernatural origin,

intruding into the everyday world.

Director:Kinji Fukasaku

Set in an isolated area where there

is no one to help, eg a haunted

house or forest.

Characters have to give in to primal

instincts.

A play on common fears, blurring

the line between fantasy and

reality.

A struggle of good against evil.

Evil forces, events, or characters,

sometimes of supernatural origin,

intruding into the everyday world.Director:William Friedkin

Set in an isolated area where there

is no one to help, eg a haunted

house or forest.

Characters have to give in to primal

instincts.

A play on common fears, blurring

the line between fantasy and reality.

A struggle of good against evil.

Evil forces, events, or characters,

sometimes of supernatural origin,

intruding into the everyday world.

Director:John Moore

Set in an isolated area where there

is no one to help, eg a haunted

house or forest.

Characters have to give in to primal

instincts.

A play on common fears, blurring

the line between fantasy and reality.

A struggle of good against evil.

Evil forces, events, or characters,

sometimes of supernatural origin,

intruding into the everyday world.

Director:David R. Ellis

•Good looking, brave male. He is seriously injured or

killed trying to save the rest of the group. Love interest

of the main female character.

•Falsely brave, self absorbed bully. True colours are

revealed in light of their perilous situation.

•Promiscuous, selfish, “dumb blonde”. Feminist critics

would see her death as cathartic.

•Shy, overly scared character. Often dies in the end

after a build up of her panic.

Sadistic or masochistic voyeurism

Steadicam

MOOD

Six friends, and one night out at an abandoned house

they will never forget. A game of spin the bottle

plummets into a desperate struggle for survival, as

someone is killing off the players. They don’t have

long to discover who isn’t playing by the rules.

The death of a long lost relative is not the usual occasion to celebrate, but

Faye (Frankie-Rose Taylor) and friends thought the empty house would be

the perfect venue for a teenage thrill. With boyfriend Aaron (George

Sceats), the flirtatious Rachel (Theresa Jones) and submissive best friend

Alice (Sonia Naqvi), Faye arrives at Kyle (Magne D’Mellow) and Lacey’s

(Michaella Ashley) house party.

After dancing, drinking and romancing, the friends are ready for a game of

truth. Spin the bottle. But someone is slowly killing off the players. The fun

night out plummets into a desperate struggle for survival and a race to

discover who isn’t playing by the rules.

Faye:

We subvert stereotypes by having a

brave female character. Not a

stereotypical, squeamish girl and

determined to help the other

characters. Dating Aaron.

Played by Frankie-Rose Taylor

Aaron:

Main, brave male character

stereotype. Always tries to help the

rest of the group. Dating Faye.

May be played by George Sceats.

Rachel:

Promiscuous blonde stereotype.

Starts off seeming nice and her

bullying of best friend Alice is not

noticed. Her true colours are

revealed. On and off relationship with

Kyle.

May be played by Theresa Jones.

Kyle:

“Jerk” male stereotype. His true

character (coward) is not seen until

further into the film. On and off

relationship with Rachel and brother

to Lacey.

May be played by Magne D’Mellow.

Lacey:

Not one of the common characters.

She is suspected as the killer as she

seems odd, is not a close friend of

the other characters and her drunken

state makes her seem suspicious.

She is only at the party because she

is the sister of Kyle.

Played by Michaella Ashley.

Alice:

Doesn’t follow any of the

stereotypes. Shy, quiet and best

friends with Rachel. She is the killer

and her motivation is jealousy of the

other characters, especially Fay, and

being bullied and dominated by

Rachel. She is not suspected by the

other characters and the revelation of

her as the killer is a shock to the

viewer.

Played by Sonia Naqvi.

Sacred Heart School, Hammersmith

St Marylebone Church

-How well do the protagonists know each other?

-What is happening?

-Who is responsible for what is happening?

-Are they all innocent?

-Is it a supernatural or natural occurrence?

-Why did they enter that old building in the first place?

-Why can’t they escape?

-Will they survive?