Within this film, a huge range of sub-genres are explored which is not typical of a generic horror as the sub-genre tends to either be solely focused on one or even a merge of two. However, in Cabin in the Woods, we can identify the sub-genres of Werewolves, Zombies, Monsters, Slasher and Splatter. Examples that these sub-genres are used, are by the antagonists used within the film, for example, there is a main group of zombies that are the dominant antagonists throughout, the slasher and splatter elements can be highlighted by the gore, blood and violence within the film, even though it may not be as extreme as the likes of Saw and/or Scream and finally, the monster and werewolf sub-genres can be denoted through the other antagonists that the scientists below the cabin create to kill of the teenagers as a sacrifice to the Gods. Additionally, since each of the five main protagonists are teens and they each can be identified as a stereotypical character, such as, the 'whore', the 'jock', the 'virgin', the 'smart one' and the 'clown' in a horror film, particularly a slasher film, it illustrates the movie's dominant use of conventions.
During the summer, me and my group made a horror trailer about the illness of a young teenage girl who in the end becomes her own worst enemy and loses her sanity without her medicine. When looking at the audience theories, there are either two ways in which we can watch the media; passively, or actively. In addition, Stuart Hall stated that there are three types of audiences', those who accept and agree with the reading (The Dominant Reading), those who question the text (The Negotiated Reading) and finally, those who reject the piece, (The Oppositional Reading). When looking at my summer trailer I can discuss the use of the Hypodermic needle/Effect model, even though my trailer does not include an extremely controversial topic, it still addresses the sensitive subject of people dealing with mental health issues. Therefore, if people watch this they can be influenced to believe that all people suffering with mental problems they are mad, crazy psychopaths which is ultimately not t...
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