2. Genre
• The genre I have chosen is Horror. This is because I have many ideas
on what to do as Horror can range from many different ways.
3. Where Horror originated from
• The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the
silent shorts created by the film pioneer Georges Méliès in the late
1890s, the best known being Le Manoir du Diable, which is
sometimes credited as being the first horror film.(Wikipedia)
4. Key features of a Horror Film
• Key imagery or symbols that occur in horror films are:
• Haunted house.
• Props such as knife, chainsaw, gun etc.
• Blood and dead people.
• Good against evil.
• Grave yards.
5. Actors and Directors
• Tobe Hooper. Director, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. ...
• John Carpenter. Writer, Halloween. ...
• George A. Romero. ...
• Dario Argento. Writer, Once Upon a Time in the West. ...
• Alfred Hitchcock. Director, Psycho. ...
• Sam Raimi. Writer, Spider-Man 3. ...
• Steve Miner. Director, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later. ...
• Tom Holland. Writer, Fright Night.
6. Awards
• The Saturn award- this is an award presented to the best film in the
horror genre by the academy of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
• Films that have won it are:
• Blacula
• The exorcist
• Poltergeist
• The dead zone
