This document lists common elements, settings, characters, and themes found in horror and thriller genres. It includes stock settings like haunted houses, castles, and suburban towns. Common iconography includes skulls, crosses, and blood. Typical characters are zombies, ghosts, psychopaths, monsters, and possessed children. Common narratives involve spirits in haunted places, coincidences leading to unfortunate events, and mad scientists creating monsters.

1. Repertoire of Elements
Horror/Thriller
Stock Settings
Iconography
Haunted House
Skull
Dark place – Limited Lighting
House
Castles
Blood
Suburban towns
Crucifixes
Sharp Kitchen Knives
Axes
Fractured Body Parts
Stock Characters
Zombies
Sudden loud screams
Narratives and themes
Spirits present in a haunted
house
Innocent human
Psychopath on the loose
Ghosts
Zombies on the loose
Vampires
Monsters
Little girl
Possessed child
Squeamish character
A coincidence of unfortunate
events
A mad scientist creates a
monster