Horror Conventions

Horror

Definitions: Horror is a genre intended to scare, unsettle and horrify an audience

Target Audience: People who like to get a thrill or a buzz from watching a film.

Narrative:

• Suspense
• Designed to scare people
• Uneasy Situation
• Elements of death
• Generally an unhappy ending
• Designed to frighten or panic
• Shocking Finale
• Focus on dark side of life

Setting:

• Grave yard
• Haunted house
• Forest
• Genrally at night time
• Full Moon
• Moteks
• Long country Roads

Characters:

• Scary
• Helpless Characters
• Children
• Monsters
• Demons
• Ghosts
• Vampires

Sub-Genres:

• Cutting edge
• Dark Fantasy
• Erotic horror
• Extreme Horror
• Gothic
• Surreal
• Suspense
• Supernatural

Films:

• The Decent
• Stir of echoes
• The Sixth Sense
• Politergeist
• The Grudge
• Dark Water