Genre Conventions Of Horror

As you can see, I created a diagram which shows the genre conventions of horror. I selected the fundamental aspects of horror, such as iconography. Iconography includes props and costumes. Props are normally notably with the villain in the movie. The iconography in this case is a weapon which can involve a knife or chainsaw. For example, in Psycho (1960) Norman Bates uses a knife to kill all his victims with and in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Leatherface uses a Chainsaw to butcher all of his victims with. I also spoke about the lighting and the villains characteristics. I personally believe that themes are a genre convention of horror as they explore different themes such as death, religion, good vs evil, depression, revenge, supernatural, insanity and the corruption of science. I believe that these are all significant aspects of the horror genre as a horror will not look as effective without them. Camera work and isolated settings are also genre conventions of horrors as they need to look effective so that the audience will feel engaged. Stereotypically, a horror film will be set in an isolated area, a haunted house, in the woods, dark streets or ghost town. These are all cliché, but this is what audience members get the thrill out of watching.