Conventions and Genre-Horror

Conventions and Genre-Horror

Genre: Horror

Horror is a film genre seeking to create a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.

Conventions of a horror:

·         Foggy/dark backgrounds- To create a scary negative atmosphere for the film.  

·         Ghosts- These are typical characters for a horror film as everyone seems to be scared of them.

·         Zombies- These are usually used in zombie apocalypse films and are very common now days.

·         Possessed characters- These are also very common now days in films and are used as they make horror films more believable compared to zombies and ghosts.

·         Old houses- These scare people and let them know a horror film is on its way.

·         Cellars.

·         Abandoned places

·         Grave yards

·         Creepy little children

·         Clowns

·         Castles

·         Woods/forest

·         Dolls

·         Hospitals

·         Bloody

·         Weapons

·         Vampires

·         Darkness

·         Windy places

Film clips from horror movies: