Planning: Influneces of directors and actors

 Actors

Patrick Joseph Wilson starred in Insidious and The Conjuring two massive successes in the genre. Although having actors that feature in other successful films will draw in a target audience, with most horror films famous actors are not main selling points (unlike action films). This works to our advantage as obviously we can’t use famous faces as a selling point.





 






Directors
James Wan is a director known for his successful series of horror films, he may have received a minor fan base for his recent films, but again the rule above applies. Unlike other genres horror doesn’t tend to rely on big glamorous directors to attract attention.