The Horde

The Horde Trailer



Plot Summary...
Directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
The Horde is a French film, which is set in the present day and based in Paris. The film begins with the discovery of a murdered detective, who is found by his fellow collegues and friends, who then decide to take the law into their own hands and seek revenge on the violent gang who killed their friend. They find the gang in an abandoned building where they are hiding and just as they are about to seek revenge by torturing and killing them, a swarm of zombies appear, trying to kill all of them, and the two groups. the gang and the corrupt police officers have to work together in order to survive.

Analysis Of The Trailer...
The trailer of The Horde presents the film as a thriller horror. The trailer begins with a shot of a group of men in balaclava's and then an establishing shot of what seems to be a block of flats or apartments. The lighting is low-key and quite dull throughout which is typical of horror films as they are prodominantly set at night, in order to maintain there scariness.

Guns and explosions are used to show the film is fast moving and exciting and these are also things which suggest a thriller horror film. A birds-eye angle is used to show the people on the ground and then a medium close up shot is used to show the audience that the people are actually zombies, this will also help the audience to decide whether they want to watch the full length film or not, as they may or may not like films which feature slash horror, and are unrealistic and unbelievable.

There is a quick series of shots from a punch up leading to a man falling down the stairs, to an aerial shot of a winding staircase, then to a shot of the outside of the building, to lightning in the sky. This fast sequence shows the audience the action that is taking place and builds up the excitement and suspense of the film. There are fades to black in between the shots, which make the film seem even darker and scarier.

The movement in the trailer gets much faster as the zombies appear and there are flashes of the film, showing the invasion of the zombies, with chaos as blood is everywhere and there are also people being bitten, hurt and tortured. This is conventional of horror films although this type of thriller horror is a genre of it's own and may not appeal to all fans of horror, making the trailer even more important.