Horror films aim to elicit emotions of fear, disgust, and horror from audiences by playing on common phobias like insects, the paranormal, and darkness. They are often set at night in isolated, unfamiliar locations like houses, churches, or woods during cloudy or stormy weather. Music and sounds also play an important role, with orchestral music making scenes eerie and metal/rock music building tension.

1. HORROR MOVIE CONVENTIONS

2. Horror Films Horror Films are disturbing movies that make every effort to bring out the emotions of fear, disgust and horror from an audience. Horror films repeatedly play with people’s worst fears and phobias such as, insects, the paranormal, claustrophobia, the dark and the unknown. They often overlap with other genres like, science fiction and thrillers.

4. The weather is usually cloudy or stormy.

6. Metal and Rock music is also used to build up tension.