Horror Genre Conventions

Conventions Of Horror Films

Horror films are designed to:

* Frighten & panic

* Cause dread &alarm

* Evoke our hidden worst fears

* Captivate & entertain us in a liberating experience

* Often conclude in a terrifying shocking finale

Depending on the audience watching, horror can create different types of fear

* Vulnerability

* Terror of the unknown

* Nightmares

* Alienation

* Revulsions

Settings:

·        Rural environments

·         Dark streets

·         Narrow alleyways

Locations for any good horror genre film could be:

·         Abandoned houses

·         Barnes and farms

·         Cities

·         Cabins

·         Creepy hotels

·         Graveyards

How do the reoccuring themes in the genre reflecxt the auduinence and their interstes