We decided as a group that in order add a few twists to our film, it would be necessary to go against certain stereotypes associated with the horror genre. You'll notice that in the opening of countless horror and slasher films such as jaws, a female character finds herself the victim to which ever twisted being exists as the stories antagonist. We felt that it was about time that someone challenged that trope, as in this day and age we recognize that both genders are equal to one another, and so to simply place damsel in distress at the beginning of every film, is highly unrealistic, and if not anything else, just plain old generic. By not conforming to this stereotype, we boost immersion for the viewer, whilst simultaneously changing the recipe that haunts most horrors in a positive and productive way.
Perhaps the biggest contrast is our sort of role-reversal with the murderer. Where in the vast majority of horror films, the killer acts as the antagonist, we decided to go for the absolute binary opposite and have him play the role of the protagonist. By doing this we destroy this Hollywood trope of good over evil, expressing the fact that not everything is black and white, and that in truth there two sides to every story. We wanted to question the importance and necessity of human morality, and there seemed no better way of doing it that having the story arc around a character that most would automatically assume was "evil" without taking the time to consider certain bold realities that have shaped the individual into the man that he is.
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