Horror overview

                                                                   Horror


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(Jaws) 

Narrative: Killer shark, bloody deaths, screams, capturing the killer.

Typical characters: Vunerable (Girls), Children.

Themes: Death, Gore, Sharks, Deep water.

Iconography: Usually smaller isolated places, innocent people can not escape or try unsuccessfully.



Different features of HORROR:

- Supernatural 
- Fantasy
- Nightmares
- Fear and Terror
- Ghosts
- Aliens
- Vampires 
- Werewolves
- Curses
- Torture
- Monsters
- Serial Killers
- Innocent Woman
- Weapons
- Located in fields or normal environments
- Children as Possessed characters

Pyscho: This film is a typical horror film, as the victim is a young, pretty blonde woman. 

Paranormal Activity: This is a more recent example , it is typical as it effects young children and vunerable women.  It is in a house which makes it more isolated and the audience can identify with the setting.  It is also a case of the 'Unknown' Making it scarier.

Shutter Island: Deals with the mentally ill, it is scripted so the audience have no control of how the person feels or reacts though his actions, we 'are' the character, making us rely on the character to defeat the 'evil'.