10 Music Videos That Could Be Horror Movies

Depeche Mode put their fans in a state of unease with the video that accompanies Wrong. A black car drives backwards down a poorly lit motorway without a driver: the likelihood of crashing is when rather than if.

In a beginner-level Saw trap with a dash of Speed, the car has a passenger, a man slumped on his side, and grazing other vehicles jolts him awake. Though he is an anonymous victim behind a latex mask, the skinned face of another taped to his head, his fear is evident. His terrified eyes pierce the narrow eyeholes. Snot drips through the artificial nostrils. He can’t move, and the car won’t stop.

The horror claims its first victim when a pedestrian is mowed down, thrown from the rear bumper to the windshield. The use of first-person puts viewers in the seat of the struggling man. He wriggles free of the mask, but his body is cocooned in thick silver tape. The police close in but not before the car is rammed off the road by a white pickup truck.

The horror of Wrong derives greatly from the realism of the scenario. However, it leaves a lot of unanswered questions about those involved. The scenario is vague in content but rich in source material. It would do well expanded into a full feature. The details of the victim, mastermind, and their link could be crafted into a compelling horror thriller.