Doll Face- Short Horror Movie Analysis

The movie opens with non-diegetic eerie, suspenseful music and an extreme close up of a pair of hands from behind bars holding on. Low key lighting is used which is typical of horror movies. The scene cuts to a couple playing chess in their home and is then interrupted by a door bell. As the door opens strums of violin is played and a women with a pale white face painted on white one white eye which makes her look like a zombie appears at the door. The scene cuts to a road with the lady at the store at night, a jump cut is used when the woman appears and this creates a sense of panic in the audience. The lady states her husband has gone missing for four hours and this connotes that something has happened to him. Tension builds up when the women finds a chess piece which her husband had, this reinforces that perhaps he is in danger. We then hear shouting "No, help me". A mysterious women then appears following the protagonist suggesting that she is in danger too. The heavy breathing and panting adds to the sense of panic. As she reaches the top it is revealed that the shouting was just a recording. A close up is then used to show that the husband-Kyle is dead. A jump scare is used to show the women behind bars from the beginning of the movie, she shouts "She's coming, help me" . The music builds up as the pair are trying to run free.

An close-up then shows the dollface appearing behind the imprisoned woman stabbing her in the back. The films ends with the dollface smiling at the protagonist suggesting to the audience that she is next. The theme of the dollface is ambiguous.