Research and Planning - Typical Horror Villain

As I want to make my horror trailer as realistic as possible, I decided to research the typical 'evil' characters of well known horror films. I wanted to do this in order to get ideas for when I create my evil character.



'The Exorcist.'



'The Grudge.'



'The Ring.'

I decided to look up images of these characters as I think they are the most well known evil character who are most like the character I want to create. The typical conventions I noticed they obtain is often long, dark hair which is not kept in good condition. It usually has a wet-look and often covers most of the characters face. Another thing I noticed was that the film makers often like to draw attention to the characters eyes. Not only are their eyes dark and therefore mysterious, the skin surrounding them is also dark and often wrinkled creating a disheveled look. Ironically, the character are usually dressed in long, dirty but white robes. I think this is strange as the color white usually had connotations to innocence and purity which is in total contrast to the role these characters play. However, the robes they wear do sometimes look like hospital gowns. This could be effective as it suggests a state of possible mental illness, acts which are out of the ordinary.