Why Christmas?

Why Christmas?

So glad you're all back. Out of all topics, we did we choose the holidays? Let's talk about that.

    It is internationally known that the holidays are a sentimental time of year. It seemed like the perfect backdrop for an unexpected turn of events. Christmas is a time of family gatherings, cozy laughs by the fire, and fragrances of tinsels. Now, choosing to start with all this sentimental atmosphere sets up the audience to be pulled into the sudden darkness. What's more unsettling than the contrast of warm holiday traditions and the eerie sense of something going wrong? That is exactly what we wanted to reach for...the juxtaposition of cheer and tension. No one would expect such a happy time to be twisted in such a dark fashion.

    Although, if we had to change anything about the way we conducted the dark factor, I would include more eerie feelings. That is if the film opener continued on into the actual film. Since we wanted the audience to feel a roller coaster of emotions, including more creepy scenes would evoke that. Perhaps we could have also hired actors that played eerie roles. This can include Jenna Ortega and Evan Peters, who have played serious horror characters. That leads me to the next point, if this was a horror film, much more gore would have been used. However, we wanted to keep the uncanny factor more than the scary!

    In conclusion, I feel like choosing Christmas was a great option. This is since it allowed us to freely think of psychological thriller ideas rather than horror.

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