Here are some of the characteristics of the horror genre:
Themes – good vs. evil, normal vs. abnormal, male vs. female, dark vs. light. These often lead to the messages and values presented in the movie.
Settings – isolated environment is used a lot in horror movies, set up the mise-en-scene in the way a horror movie would be set.
Characters – ARCHETYPE characters, these are typical characters you would find in this certain genre.
Costume/make up – What the antagonist, protagonist are wearing, their make up and how these serve to suggest their characters?
Antagonist – the villain of the story, ‘the bad guy.’
Protagonist – the victim, the good characters, usually the last or the only survivor. Usually the final girl is left alive.
Iconography – what features in a opening film that represents the genre horror, for example props, music, shots, setting.
Traits – consider the type of sub-genre or hybrid genre.
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