Drag Me To Hell Trailer Analysis - Horror

The beginning of the trailer shows someone leading a normal life with a normal job, however about half way through the trailer the music suddenly stops as we are shown when she starts to get 'cursed'. It is then silent as she is leaving, however when she is in her car we hear a loud scream, followed by the start of dramatic music, creating a large amount of suspense as the main scenes are shown in sequence. The fast paced music and cuts shows the nature of the film being jumpy and paniced. The dialogue featured in the trailer is typical for horror films, for example "it's coming for me", another common convention of horror films featured in the trailer is the dark settings, these help to create the spooky atmosphere of horror films. There is not as much dialogue in this trailer as other horror trailers however the use of dramatic music suggests that to understand the film and to be drawn in to watching it, dialogue is not necessary.