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I have been to see The Woman in Black and Ghost Stories in Theatre which have a different perspective on Horror and how its portrayed compared to film.

Woman in Black             

- Good Build-up/ Storyline 

- Only 3 cast members 

- One setting throughout 

- Sound and Lighting essential 

- Included an Interval 

- First half they were acting out the play and then it became real. 

- Most like a Psychological/ Supernatural film 

Ghost Stories 

- Narrator almost in the way they presented the story, however he was then brought into it. 

- 5 Cast members 

- Its several different stories within the one Story 

- Several settings throughout the Story - Always in darkness 

- Sound and Lighting essential 

- No Interval 

- The setting the Audience was in, the theatre set as an old derelict house with numbers painted on the wall which is similar to a pre-set and gets you thinking. 

- 4D in a sense, It got cold when it was mentioned and the smell of bleach was in the air when mentioned. 

- Most like a Psychological/Supernatural Film 

Tension is a huge similarity in Theatre and Film, Such as Insidious where there is a scene following the small boy through his attic towards a door which was very theatrical and was again in darkness apart from the significant red and the hallway accessories. Although Tension is crucial in ANY horror film as it means the audience is on edge and more scared.