A horror teaser trailer that I particularly like - 'The Hitcher' (2007 remake)

I like the way the trailer opens with an asynchronos voice that straight away lets the audience get a glimps into the antagonist. The opening is very effective due to the way the editing has been done to cut between the car window and the silloette of the killer. This adds mystery to the killer and represents him as a dark and dangrous character. The score that has been added to bulild suspense in the scene where the killer pulls out the knife in the car is very efective. Later in the trailer the cuts get faster adding excitement. The shots that were chosen for the fast cuts were of the characters with scared expressions adding tothe idea of the mysterious man with the knife being very dangerous and that the characters are very scared of him. Toward the end of the trailer dialogue is abbandoned with only screaming and a drum like sound being used. The use of this instrument is very cleaver as it sounds like a heart beat, something that tipically raises when scared. The trailer ends with a collection of shots containing a lot of action. I like this as it makes the film look very exciting and gives the trailer a dramaic ending.

Straight away the audience can tell that the movie's genre is horror. This is indicated by the nightly setting which is conventionally the time of day horror is set in. The rain adds to the scene as it makes it far grimmer. A killer is presented as dark and mysterious without giving too much information away. The asynchronous dialogue also tells the audience that something bad has happened to the characters. The brief grim shots between intertitles use odd lighting to add to the scare factor. There are also many weird angles and close-ups used, something that is very conventional for the horror genre.

The titile "The Hitcher" is displayed at the end of the trailer so that the audience know the title. It is saved for the end to entrigue the audience into watching the whole trailer to get the movie title.
The films production value is shows through many special effects including explosions. An intertitle reading "From the producers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Amityville Horror is provided to associater the production crew with those of other successful films. The films stars and director is not mentioned.
The girls voice sounds distressed most of the trailer indicating her pain. The killers voice sound much more misterious.

The music/score builds up to grab the audiences attention and then dissapears. This has the audience wanting to know how the music turns out. It leaves the audience wanting more. This musical device is called a crescendo.