Audience Profile: The Strangers

The Strangers Released: 29th August 2008 Genre: Thriller Price: C Estimated box office: £3,000,000 Director: Bryan Bentino Film cast: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward Certificate: TBC Distributor: Universal Pictures The Story: "Strangers" is a suspense thriller revolving around a couple in a remote suburban house who are targeted by three dangerous masked strangers. The resulting clashes force the couple to go well beyond what they thought themselves capable of in order to survive. These statistics show that 74% of this film appeals to 15-24 year olds audience. This is a very big percentage of the overall audience which demonstrates that it is better suited to a younger audience, this could be as the main characters in the film are in this age group which means that’s these people feel that they can relate to the characters more and identify with them. The second highest is 25-34 year olds and 45+. These statistics show that this film generally appeals to a younger audience. The percentages also show that 40% of the audience are males and 60% being females. This means that this film is more suited to females which could be because females prefer the realistic genre of a horror film and find the story line more scary than males. Overall from looking at this film statistics, it shows that this type of horror film is mostly watched by 15-24 year olds, with most of the population of that being males, with females not far behind. This shows that most horror films are equally liked by males and females. Also from the age group percentages it shows that people younger than 15 don't really like horror films, and people above 34 don't generally watch them as much.