About

Three monitors on a cart in the dark, seen from behind two director's chairs.

Every shot keeps moving.

HorrorSet is the moving-pictures reference library for people who make horror films. Whether you're planning a scene or seeking inspiration, find the exact shot and learn how it was made.

It's for the first feature shot with four friends in a cabin, or for the crew with a studio backing. Created by a horror filmmaker, for horror filmmakers.

Find the shot
Search 49,000 shots from 331 horror films by light, film or person.
See it move
Every frame opens the real shot from the film, with the camera move and the blocking intact.
Read the light
Compare color and exposure across films, on a true vectorscope.
Learn how it was done
Articles on the lighting, lenses, rigs and blood, each with its sources.
Go and stand there
Filming locations, with coordinates that open a map.

Every frame
is still a moving shot.

The Witch holds almost no color. Carrie is soaked in it.

Every frame of both films, placed by its color on a true vectorscope. Of every color film here, only Hush holds less color than The Witch.

The Witch
Carrie