The theme of heaven and hell is key for our film, given that the major setting is in limbo. Limbo is a place in some faiths where people who aren't evil enough to go to hell and not good enough to go to heaven go when they die. People who go there usually spend a large amount of time there to cleanse their sins so they can gain access to heaven. Limbo or purgatory is used a lot in supernatural works in all forms, such as TV, films, games etc. The version we use in not specific to one particular religion.
Purgatory/ Limbo is often showcased as being a dark place, sometimes a forest. Characters are often stuck in limbo, however there is often a way out which the main character will have to fight to get out.
2. The triumph of bad over good
At the end of our film our main character is defeated and trapped in limbo, presumably forever, and our villain wins by trapping alex there. There are many films in which the villain wins, especially around supernatural thriller/horrors. One example is the woman in black. At the end of this film, despite thinking that the ghost has gone, the main character and his son is killed by the ghost. This film has had a huge impact on our ending as they are very similar, because in the woman in black the main character thinks he is safe, however the ghost comes back to kill him and in our film our main character thinks he is safe and resurrected however our villain comes back to kill him.
Sinister also has this type of ending, where the family leaves the house to escape the ghost haunting them, only to discover that the ghost killed all the previous victims after they moved. He is then killed and the ghost wins by claiming another child to his 'collection'. This is another example of the good guys thinking that they are safe but then the villain coming back for them and killing them.
No comments:
Post a Comment