From completing the rough cut of the film, we were forced to cut out an entire dialogue scene between Elizabeth and Edward, where we see what her intentions are in coming back from the grave (this being to steal his life). Doing this meant that we have altered the sotyr slightly in that Elizabeths appearances in Edward's house are purely imaginary to him and a part of his slowly decaying mental stability; hence his final suicide in the end. In terms of genre, it now takes on a more psychological thriller than horror/thriller hybrid.
Although one could argue that the iconography of bandages covering her face in a rather mummy-like fashion is typical of the horror genre, it is focusing more on Edward as a central protagonist as it dissolves his personality and eventually his life. It's story now is more to similar Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan or David Cronenberg's Videodrome.
A shot from Videodrome (Directed by David Cronenberg)
A shot from Black Swan (Directed by Darren Aronofsky)
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