2. PARANORMAL/PSYCHOLOGICAL
• Close people such as Friends or family members. They are the least expected to
be evil. (Insidious)
• The parents of the “innocent child” are the victims. (Like the plot of Sinister)
• Possessed object (box) in the source of the evil.
• Children/mostly females are usually the antagonist in this genre. (The Woman,
Shutter, Insidious)
• Methods of killing - usually done by antagonist and are unknown or done by
supernatural forces. ~enigma
• They can household items being controlled by the possessed.
• To question the innocence of people, Causing the audience to feel unsettled.
• Flickering of light, strange images appear.
• Setting – A family home (a place that is known to give security), a home
juxtaposes the likely events.
• Fast paced and slow paced editing is used a lot.