Horror Film Trailer - Pitch

Mia Hall and Joseph Williams, a young couple living in a small bungalow style house in the secluded British countryside just outside of Bibury, with only their pet cat to keep them company. In Joseph's absence, while he is visiting family in London, the unemployed Mia's boredom and her fascination with spiritual enlightenment urge her to attempt to create a home-made Ouija board, drawing the lettering onto a glass table using a whiteboard marker and a drinking glass as the marker. After being unable to reach any spirits she is disappointed and rubs away the marker telling herself it was a stupid idea, however, after using the board she did not slide the marker to the 'goodbye' lettering.

Over the next couple of days, Mia becomes very forgetful, misplacing items all over the house, finding that she has turned the television on but having no recollection of this. She also notices her cats’ extremely irritable behaviour, with outbursts of hissing and violence becoming regular. It gets to a point where Mia begins to suspect an intruder in her house, however after checking thoroughly and realising her isolation she becomes aware that it cannot be possible.

Upon Joseph's return, Mia informs him of the events, to which he laughs and reassures her that it is unlikely that there are any problems and even if there were he was now there, providing more comfort in the presence of another person. Joseph goes straight to bed after returning due to the exhaustion from his long journey; this is when Mia is left alone in the main area of the house once more. Mia then witnesses a chair slamming onto the floor and a cupboard fly open, she screams as a result of this and Joseph is woken up, he is angry about this and they proceed to have an argument, Mia being called ridiculous. Joseph returns to bed and Mia, hearing the shower turn on, goes to investigate the cause where she is overcome by a ghost/spirit who becomes in control of her body.

The next morning Mia acts overly sweet and normal with Joseph considering their argument the night before, and when he attempts to talk to her about it, she avoids the subject of the mysterious movement in the house completely. Over a period of time Joseph begins to notice strange behaviour from his girlfriend, including lack of sleep, deteriorating appearance, lack of hygiene in addition to the disappearance of their cat. One night, Mia runs to Joseph hysterically telling him that she heard a noise outside and that she was worried someone may be trying to break in. Joseph leaves the house with a flashlight and walks around the perimeter of their house, finding nothing but a small amount of white cat fur stained red with blood caught under a shovel round the back of their house.

Joseph returns to the house confused and upset about finding cat fur but also to tell Mia that there was no intruder, however, she was not where she was when he left, and after looking around he cannot find her at all. In addition, the fuse box had been switched off, meaning the lights were not turning on.

This is when Mia steps out from behind the open door, her silhouette visible in the moonlight, when she murders her boyfriend and proceeds to destroy the house, breaking and ripping apart everything in sight. After a week, the milkman approaches the front door of the house and hears hysterical crying and screaming from within, he peers through the window of the house in order to see if his help is needed which is where Mia is laying on the floor, having completely lost her mind and having killed her boyfriend.

Location

We will be filming in an ordinary house (bungalow preferably) that is modern, to keep to the theme of a modern horror film, it will likely be an isolated house to create an eerie atmosphere in the trailer. There are a few houses which we are interested in using as the setting and we will assess each appropriately to ensure that it matches the fit we would like. Below is an example.

Actors

The actors that will be used in the trailer will be adults, as these characters are included in the synopsis. These will be a couple who are living together, living a seemingly normal life. The protagonist of the trailer will be the man in the couple and the antagonist will be the woman in the couple, due to the disturbances she is effected by. Due to the film being a modern horror, the clothing the actors will wear will be casual, modern clothes, so that the audience can relate. As of yet, we have not found any actors but have ideas of who we want to play the characters in the trailer.

Horror Film Trailer - Pitch

Synopsis

Effects we'd like to use

- A two shot where the woman in behind the man because she's about to attack him

- Dim, creepy lighting

- Potentially a scary face effect (on the woman)

- An edited voice for the woman

- Blood stains