what is amazon?
Amazon is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company that sells a range of products from different companies worldwide. Amazon was established in 1994 in Washington US. It all began when Amazon started up as an online book store, which later developed into a company selling DVDs, Blue Rays, CDs and videos. This is relevant, as people still want to buy media in this format, and due to this it is important that we recognise which horror DVD's are best selling on the site, and why that is.
what is the best selling horror film on amazon?
These are the best selling horror films on Amazon of 2016.
Most of these films are have a paranormal sub-genre, this means that there will be room in the market for a slasher genre film. The walking dead is second on the list, this is a well known slasher television show, it will be important to look at this in more detail in order to engage the correct audience and to see how to be successful when making our trailer. This will not affect how well our slasher film will do in the market as they both have different themes and therefore will not be similar.
The number one best selling Horror on Amazon is Stephen King's 'IT', which first came out on November 18th, 1990. This demonstrates that Amazon has a wide market in DVDs, as a result of 'IT' being an old film means that it only takes a good horror to come out in order to steal the position of number one, and views want to see something new.
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A common occurrence throughout both these films is the use of children within the terror. The fact that children are used allows the audience to find a deeper connection to the characters within the film, as children are often the most vulnerable. Therefore we will have to use this to our advantage when creating our trailer, making sure that it incorporates a young child in order to make the audience even more repulsed.