Similar media texts

Super 8

• film featuring a group of teenagers (one of which, a girl) discovering the existence of an alien creature. The movie is consequently similar to our thriller due to the naive nature of the characters, their age and the dynamic between them, as well as the situation in which they have found themselves in.

Attack the Block

• film featuring a ragtag group of lower class teenagers based in London, trying to survive against an invasion of otherworldly creatures. The movie is consequently similar to our thriller due to the status of the characters, their age, their location and the similar situation in which they have found themselves in.

Cloverfield

• film featuring five New Yorkers trying to escape from the city as it becomes under siege from a monster of unknown origin - all recorded from the perspective of a hand-held video camera. Whilst the location and nationality/age of the characters aren't similar to our thriller, the plot is.

Jurassic Park

• film featuring a group of individuals (including two children) trying to survive on an island full of freely roaming, living dinosaurs. It is similar to our thriller due to the innocent nature of the children within the movie, as well as the large and scary monsters (i.e: the dinosaurs) which feature.

The Mist

• one of the most similar media texts, this film features a group of people as they struggle to survive against an unnatural mist which envelops the town and conceals vicious, otherworldly monsters - the central theme exploring what ordinary people would be driven to do under extraordinary circumstances. Whilst not based in London or featuring lower-class adolescents, the plot is nevertheless highly similar to ours.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

• film following a group of people in San Francisco who struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while a group of intelligent apes maintain control. Again, whilst not similar in location, plot, or characters - the story once again revolves around a ragtag group of people trying to survive against the odds (including some monster-like character: the apes). As such, it is a similar media text to our thriller.

The Walking Dead

• television programme featuring a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. Whilst not alike in plot, location or characters - the programme is similar to our thriller due to the idea of it being about surviving with a ragtag group and a lack of resources against some kind of monster - in this case, zombies.

The Last of Us

• a video game featuring people surviving in a post-apocalyptic world which is being terrorised by cannibalistic monster-turned-humans. The game features a young, female protagonist (like our thriller) and explores the survival of such a character (among others), which as such makes it a similar media text despite the difference in location, etc.

Until Dawn

• video game featuring the survival of a group of young adults against a strange creature which is terrorising their cabin in the woods. Whilst their characters are even more naive then ours and unaware of the circumstance in which they are in, they are of a fairly similar age and predicament. Equally, the reclusive cabin could be compared to the storage container as seen within our opening sequence.