Making A Horror Movie 'Scary' By Sam Raimi

Making a Horror movie Scary
The movie Army of Darkness by Sam Raimi is mainly a fantasy horror, mixed with comedy, set in medieval times. Just because it is a comedy does not mean the scenes will be less scary, but it challenges the director to use every element to achieve the horror. The fantasy genre opens the doors to different monsters who will let the story become horror easily and we can focus on the way this are portrayed. I will be analyzing how the director exaggerates the horrors and what he uses to make a scene scarier. The diverse fundaments such as lighting, sound, costumes, editing, cinematography, etc. have a great roll in making this not only a horror movie but turning it indeed scary.
Since the beginning the protagonist, Ash,

The common death sentence usually would mean to throw the men in a hole and a beast that lives down there shall kill them. At first they do not show what happens in the hole so the viewer could use the suspense as a narrative and when a lot of blood squirts out from under we can suspect it is something horrible and impossible to defeat. As he is thrown inside the change in lighting and even smoke conveys the mysteriousness. As he fights to live they give us a shot were cleverly they put the lighting against the darkness; death and a monster awaits him below. The mise-en-scène shows the protagonist surrounded by death and even thought at the top there are men trying to kill him the lighting lets us understand they will admire how he becomes the man that cannot be

As a diegetic sound of lighting gives fright it also gives an excuse for the light used in the scene. The non-diegetic sound of music starts to play in a threatening kind but at the same time imperial and grand to show the big war is coming. The camera trembles and the screen is filled with skeleton hands and smoke. And when the commander of the dead arises not only is he shot from a long angle point to determine leadership, but he is also lit from below to give an intimidating and frightening look leaving the viewer in shock because he looks deadly ready to kill the one who stole his