The Messengers starts with a grey-scale screen of a family being killed and tortured by an unknown entity. The screen then flicks to a coloured screen with a family of four driving towards the same house. Little do they know the dark occurrences that happened in the house years before. It was six years since the Rollins family left with no reason (even though we know from the opening sequence they were killed) The Soloman family then move in to the house to rebuild their lives after their young sons accident which caused him to be hospitalised due to Jess' (Kristen Stewart) drunk driving. When they settle in to the house strange occurrences start to happen which seems to have an affect on the youngest son. Jess to realises something strange is happen, but her parents will not believe her. The Soloman family meet John Burwell a drifter, but Jess soon finds out something about him that will change everything, could he be what the supernatural creatures want? and why? And what are the significance of the crows? Can Jess persuade her parents that something terrible is happening? Can she save them?
I like the Messengers as it is full of mystery and horror. It also makes you want to watch more as it makes the audience question everything. I also liked how the film started with a grey-scale colour grading to inform the audience that the opening scene is set in the past and then flicking to a screen full of colour to signify the present. I also liked how one of the Rollins family is dragged away in the opening sequence, this makes me want to use this in my own film opening and also it makes me want to think about whether I want my own film opening to be in greys-scale or in colour to represent the past, present or possibly the future. Lastly, I also like how the audience is kept in the dark about what is attacking the Rollins family in the opening sequence of the film. The audience will assume that it is a ghostly or supernatural entity that is attacking them, but by the end of the film they will learn that it was something very very different, which will shock the audience as all the questions they were asking will finally be answered.
Here is the Film trailer of The Messengers:
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