Similar Media Products

This blog will cover the media products that are similar to our project in terms of their characters, scenes or story lines. There weren't any productions that inspired ours from the beginning, however there are multiple movies and series with a woman in role of the main antagonist.

1) Gone Girl (2014)
































Like in our thriller, its plot revolves around a family couple whose relationship deteriorates. Their hate reaches the point where Amy attempts to set her husband up for her murder. Its biggest similarity with our thriller is the subversion of a female character; she is the one who victimises her husband, just as in our opening scene. Like our character of the wife, Amy is brutal and mentally unstable. She also was pushed around for the most of her life; first by her parents, then by the unfaithful husband. Most of its scenes have low key lighting building the eerie mise-en-scene. We want our opening sequence to achieve similar visual effect.


2) The Shining  (1980)

































Both The Shining and our thriller are about a family member who ends up trying to kill his/her partner. Although Jack Torrance was also influenced by the supernatural forces, it is clear that the biggest reasons for turning into a psycho were inside Jack himself; such as stress, childhood problems and family quarrels. The husband in our story appears to be a pleasant man in the beginning, but became abusive through the plot's development. So is the wife, sweet and innocent at first, ends up torturing and killing a man. Both movies show how mental distress pushes people to committing inhuman actions.


3) Safe Haven (2013)

The movie is about a man who follows his beloved wife after her attempt to escape their abusive marriage. It shows how controversial can be the abuser's feelings and behaviour towards his victim. Like our thriller, the film depicts the struggle that goes on inside the abuser, explaining some reasons for his behaviour and allowing the audience to feel empathy.


5) Cherry Wine (Hozier music video, 2014)

Hozier's song and its music video show the world of a victim of abuse before and after the domestic violence. It focuses on how difficult it is for the victim to see themselves as a victim, when they are in love with their abuser, and how much distress this inner resistance creates.


6) Dexter (Oct 2006 - Sept 2013)

The series captures the cycle of domestic violence by depicting a relationship between the characters Paul and Rita Bennet. It presents three stages of abuse: honeymooning, tension building and battering. The project successfully shows how hard it is to break the cycle. It required Dexter to get involved and set Paul up for a crime to end the abuse.