AS Media

1. Horror Movie Survey
Results collected on Survey Monkey

2. What’s the purpose of the survey?
For the best results, me and my group made a
survey filled with questions based on horror
films. We would use the results to make our
opening sequence resemble these views. Also we
could gain a bigger audience because it’s what
the majority of viewers want to see.

3. How Old Are You?
We used this question because
this would give us a clear
indication of who to aim our
audience at. The most popular
age group are teenagers aged
between 15-20. In our short
clip. We have decided to use
teenage actors instead of adults
because teenagers could relate
more to the feelings and
emotions of the characters,
making the watching
experience more thrilling.

4. What Is Your
Gender?
This question we found
important to ask because we
wanted to know which gender
is more into horror. More
females took our survey then
males. This shows that maybe
females are more interested in
horror then males therefore
took the time to take the
survey.

5. Do You Like The
Genre Horror?
This question to gives me and
my group an outline of how we
can attract a wider audience.
According to this question,
more people are into this
genre. From this, we can make
our opening quite scary and
thrilling rather than dull and
not interesting.

6. What Attracts You
To Horror Films?
People love to watch horror
films, but why were people
drawn to them? What makes
them want to watch them? 52%
said that the thrill is what
draws them to the film. This
was the highest response. The
lowest response was the
location. Some responders left
comments, on saying that it’s
better than watching another
RomCom.

7. What Sub-genres(s)
Do You Like?
With this question, we knew
what type of sub-genre to base
our opening on. Most
responders like the genre
‘Supernatural.’ Examples of
supernatural films are
Paranormal Activity and The
Conjuring. The second highest
response was a ‘Comedy
Horror.’ From this, we can tell
people like to be entertained
rather than be sat on the edge
of their seats the entire film.

8. How Often Do You
Horror Films?
Rarely do individuals watch
horror films. This maybe
because they come on late at
night or people would rather
watch something that’s more
entertaining. Also, during the
day our main audience,
teenagers, are at school and
when then come home they to
do homework. When they get
spare time, it’s usually in the
evening when it’s dark which
some people don’t want to do.
in addition, watching a horror
film is the last thing some
people want to watch before
going to bed.

9. Where Do You
Watch/Prefer to
Watch Films?
We asked this question to know what
type of an audience we should aim our
short clip at. This question shows that
most people like to watch their films in
the comfort of their own homes, on a
TV. We also know if our audience should
be a mass audience or a niche one. We
also know who to aim it at based on the
most popular age group taking this
survey.

10. Do You Prefer To
Watch Horror
Films Alone?
Most people don’t like to watch
horror films alone. 6 out of 50
people said that they like to
watch them alone. Watching
them alone gives you more
excitement and pleasure
watching the film. If your
watching it someone else, you
feel safe.

11. What Do You Do
While The Film?
While watching a film, like a
cinema these results show that
most people like to watch
movies while eating snacks.
Others like to hide behind a
pillow to keep themselves safe
and so they don’t jump when
something pops up on the
screen the unexpectedly. Quite
a few go on their phones.

12. Are You More Likely To
Watch A Movie If It Has
Your Favourite
Actor/Actress In It?
Most peoples said yes to this
question. They would be more
interested because it’s someone
they like, therefore making the
film more enjoyable. 20 people
said that it doesn’t bother
them. The thing that would
matter is how appealing is the
actual film itself. However,
only 2 people said no.