The tension builds, with ominous music providing a haunting backdrop as the character on the screen emerges from the forest, and lets loose a blood-curdling scream as the villain appears branding an axe.
To get the most of this suspenseful build up — the full effect of the chilling score, the piercing shriek, the details of the baddie’s costume, the splatter of the blood — some thought should go into both the atmosphere of the room, and the TV that will be screening the film.
“How a horror movie is experienced is greatly influenced by the kind of TV being used,” says Puneet Jain, Hisense Canada’s Senior Director of Marketing and Ecommerce. “The TV has to do the film justice, with the right colour balance that makes dark scenes pop and bright colours dazzle, and sound that highlights the music without drowning out the dialogue — and screams.”
Hisense Canada offers the following features for the ideal horror movie television:
- Big Screen — For a truly immersive horror experience, the bigger, the better. Laser TVs with an ultra-short-throw projector offer screens up to 120 inches without compromising on picture quality.
- Ultimate Resolution — Mini LED technology is revolutionizing televisions, offering unparalleled display quality. This technological advance offers sharper details, ensuring you don’t miss a bit of what is happening on screen.
- Broad Colours — Another advantage of Mini LED technology is a massive colour array. The QLED Wide Colour Gamut offers more than a billion combinations of pure, rich colour, breathing life into stunningly vivid images.
- High Dynamic Range — Without the right contrast, you could end up watching a black screen, or get pixelated blotches in the dark areas that make it hard to see what is happening. Nothing takes you out of a scary moment faster than fake-looking blood. The HDR feature ensures the broad colour palette appears brighter and in greater contrast for a more detailed image — distinguishing the dark from the really dark, and presenting the most vibrant reds.
- Filmmaker Mode — A unique feature on Hisense televisions, Filmmaker Mode uses AI picture optimization technology that analyzes the composition of each frame and adjusts the brightness, resolution, colour setting and more to ensure each scene is absolutely perfect — the way that directors intended the scenes to be viewed. It is a quick and simple action for the viewer that alters the picture settings to optimize the viewing experience.
- Killer Sound — Pun intended. Big sound delivers big entertainment. Much of the tension and thrills in a horror flick comes from the soundtrack — it needs a sound system that you feel in your chest when you are supposed to feel it in your chest, and is reduced to a whisper when the tension is building. Features like Dolby Atoms deliver that directly from the television unit. Or, create a true home theatre experience in the home with a soundbar that delivers the “boom.”
With the right TV ready to go, give some thought to an atmosphere in the rooms that will enhance the viewing of the film. It should be dark, with maybe a few candles providing a small amount of flickering light at the back of the room. You want it quiet so the soundtrack of the movie resonates throughout. For more information, please visit hisense-canada.com.