Friday, 14 January 2011

Codes and conventions of Horror


Here are some various codes and conventions of the horror genre. We need to include a good amount of these in our practical work!
  • Blood/guts
  • Paranoia
  • Ghosts
  • Weapons
  • Death
  • Murderers
  • Scary, isolated locations (old house, wood)
  • Innocent main characters
  • Evil
  • Monsters
  • Darkness
  • Storms
  • Chase sequences
  • Violence
  • Screams
  • Gore

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