The document discusses common stock characters that are often seen in horror films. These include the jock, who is arrogant and meets an early death; the final girl, who is intelligent and survives until the end; Pandora, who seems innocent but is later revealed to be evil; the pervert, whose sexual obsessions lead to an early demise; the wanderer, who goes for help and is never seen again; and the popular girl, the female equivalent of the jock who meets an early demise due to her arrogance. These stock characters and their traits are commonly used conventions in the horror genre.

1. Genre Research: Horror

2. The Horror film genre , like any other
genre has a number of features and
characteristics that can be easily
indentified by an audience , these
conventions are reproduced over and
over again

4. Stock Characters
• Within a horror film there are a number of usual stock
characters all with different traits

5. The Jock
• Within horror films a jock character is usually portrayed . The jock character
is usually good looking and popular amongst his peers however this
character is loud and arrogant , usually a bully also. This behaviour may
lead to the jock being disliked by many people aside from his peers. Usually
portrayed as brave (or stupid) the jock thinks they are untouchable , which
usually leads to their death.

6. The Final Girl
The final girl within a horror film portrays a number of good aspects such as
being intelligent, good looking, clean living and quick witted. It may be for
these reason that this character always survives until the end to face the
killer and either defeat them or escape their wraith. The final girl is a
neutral , likeable character that the audience can sympathise with for
whatever reason . The common message encoded in this character is that
only the good survive.

7. Pandora
Pandora is a character who at first appears innocent and harmless but
throughout the plot comes to be revealed as evil . The Pandora is sometime
realised by one character long before the rest of their peers , however they
may be shushed by the Pandora or not believed by anyone else.

8. The Pervert
• The pervert does not play a major role within horror
films. Due to their obsession with fulfilling their sexual
desires this character usually is out of touch with what is
going on, leading to them dying first most of the time.

9. The Wanderer
• The wanderer is usually killed quite early in the film .
This character will go to investigate or get help which
normally results in them never returning

10. The Popular Girl
• The popular girl is the female version of a
jock , good looking and arrogant , admired
by her peers. Her bad behaviour often
results in her death