All Things Horror

Horror films tend to have very similar conventions throughout all platforms, which makes them pretty distinct from the other film genres. Genre conventions of horror include creating suspense and excitement for the audience using violence, fear, gore, weapons, isolated locations and dark color palettes. Representation of social groups in horror films tend to correlate to the identities/ interests of typical target audiences, and may contain deep political underpinnings as well as relevant socio-political commentary most may miss at the surface. Settings typically revolve around places like abandoned amusement parks, churches, houses, forests and abandoned / old buildings. For example, the movie “The Nun” was filmed at a dark and eerie monastery which established suspense throughout the film. In addition, title sequences of horror films tend to have large/ bold font and may resemble horror in some way, such as dripping blood font or something that correlates to the film in order to set the tone. The title sequence will give the film’s title as well as credits for the cast and crew involved.