Love Film- Who's renting what
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Renting DVDs has become more favoured than buying, as it is cheaper and as a result you can watch more movies for your money. Therefore, we decided that it would be logical to also look at which DVDs are being rented as well as looking at the horror movies which are being bought.
One of the leading DVD renting sites is LoveFilm, so we decided to look at which horror movies are being rented out, but more importantly, what sub-genre they fit into.
One of the leading DVD renting sites is LoveFilm, so we decided to look at which horror movies are being rented out, but more importantly, what sub-genre they fit into.
What's popular
From this research, we found out that World War Z - 2013 is the most popular horror on Amazon's Lovefilm. This film has the sub-genre of zombie, however we have decided to stay away from this type of film despite its popularity as zombie films often require quality computer generated effects and make up we feel we wouldn't be able to pull off. However we think this shows there is a gap in the market for our chosen sub-genre, paranormal .
Also included in the top rented films are The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - 2012, The Purge - 2013, The Conjuring - 2013 and The Woman in Black - 2012.
The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - 2012 is a vampire romance and once again this is a sub-genre which would require a lot of complicated computer generate effects. We also thought there wasn't much else that could be done in the sub-genre without copying other story lines and therefore it would be a boring trailer and storyline.
The Purge - 2013 is of the slasher sub-genre, a type of film which is generally easier to create as the main props needed are fake blood and an iconic weapon, both easily accessible.
There is not a paranormal horror movie in the top rented movie but we believe that this creates a good gap in the market for our horror.
Also included in the top rented films are The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - 2012, The Purge - 2013, The Conjuring - 2013 and The Woman in Black - 2012.
The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - 2012 is a vampire romance and once again this is a sub-genre which would require a lot of complicated computer generate effects. We also thought there wasn't much else that could be done in the sub-genre without copying other story lines and therefore it would be a boring trailer and storyline.
The Purge - 2013 is of the slasher sub-genre, a type of film which is generally easier to create as the main props needed are fake blood and an iconic weapon, both easily accessible.
There is not a paranormal horror movie in the top rented movie but we believe that this creates a good gap in the market for our horror.