This is a still from the remake of The Stepfather. The Stepfather is a film my group are basing our ideas on for or horror opening. In this still, we see Grady Edwards, the main characters and 'stepfather' of the story. We can immediately tell that he has the qualities of a killer as he is holding a knife in the way in which you would stab something or skin an animal. Despite the knife, he is dressed in rather casual clothing. This counters the conventions of what we perceive a killer to be and strikes fear into the audience as someone they know who looks like an ordinary person could be capable of killing.
The sweat on his the front of his top shows he is either stressed or been working hard. He may be stressed due to how difficult it is to kill his victims. His hair is also sweaty which gives the real sense that he has been struggling and is desperate to get rid of someone. He is in a sort of 'wild west' stance like he is about to duel or engage in a struggle with someone. We can infer that someone may try and resist his actions. The scenery around him is typically of a household where we infer a family lives. The whole idea of The Stepfather is that someone who could even be part of your family, could be a cold hearted killer which the audience would find frightening since the story of The Stepfather could be real.
This is the kind of film I would like for my group's horror opening: a horror film that could be real.
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