Analysis on 4 Thriller openings

Vertigo

Vertigo is a 1958 psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The opening consists of dull and bright colours and spiral images, collaborating with tense music to overall give a disorientating effect partnered with the opening titles and credits. The music is slightly phsycadelic and gives a nausea's feeling promoting the vertigo effect enhancing the title of the film.






Psycho

Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock,
This opening consists of traumatic and tense music which gives a certain suspense for the audience, the titles and credits are revealed by straight lines and bars sliding across the screen in multiple directions, symbolizing slashing and stabbing which is an iconic scene and theme of the film 'Psycho'. the gripping movements of the music promote the movements on screen giving a dramatically tense effect.




Sixth Sense



The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
The opening is very tense and the scene is filmed from places such as under the stairs to give a sense that someone is watching. the first shot of the light bulb gives another sense of suspense in the scene. Because the location and characters are unclear and unknown as yet into the film, it gives the opening a sense of anxiety and suspense.







 Cape Fear

Cape Fear is a 1991 thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese and a remake of the 1962 film of the same name. This opening consists of a lake as the main background image with wavy distorted Titles and credits to symbolize a lake or boat on the lake. the slow music and calm ripples in the water portrays an anxious opening in which the audience are unsure how to react. This also gives a tone of suspense and anticipation in the opening.