The document discusses various topics related to horror films, including what makes people scared, the history and conventions of horror genres, and tasks for researching and presenting on specific horror movies. It covers the evolution of horror movies from silent films to modern times and how societal fears have changed. Key conventions of horror films mentioned include blood, death, killing, villains, victims, haunted houses, isolation, monsters, evil, weapons, darkness, storms, chase sequences, gore and violence. Students are assigned tasks to research and present on the history of horror films and specific films through a PowerPoint or blog.