Halloween is almost here, and many of you might be working on some horror productions – be it a product commercial, an indie movie, or a horror-themed vlog entry. Needless to say, the best horror productions are the ones that manage to make your hair stand on end. However, this effect is not that easy to achieve based on just a hunch – there’s some art to creating spine-chilling suspense and tension in a film, and Jacob Voss’ video below will prove it.

Watch it and learn his tips and tricks on how to create cinematic horror films with the help of lighting, “voyeuristic wide shot” technique, long tails, some Hitchcockian cinematography tactics, and scary music.