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Typical Horror Movie
Characters
Female Victim
 Vulnerable and in need of protection
 Usually young, blonde and attractive
 Often portrayed as stupid and a bit annoying
 Usually one of the last to be killed
 Gruesome and graphic death
Non-Believer
 Often male
 Cocky and at ease
 Tries to convince the other characters there is nothing
wrong
 Over-confident
 Usually the first to die
 After the non-believer’s death, the other characters
and the audience are panicked because there is no
voice of reason
Hero
 Almost always male
 Strong and masculine
 Usually the female victim’s boyfriend
 Brave, often going after the murderer but never returning
 Show little emotion throughout the film
 More recently, films are starting to have a female hero, which is
challenging the stereotypes that were set back when Horror films
started, when the film industry was very sexist
Hysterical Character
 Usually female
 Usually the female victim’s friend, and girlfriend of the non-believer
 Hysterical tendencies reflect on the audience to add more tension
 Her own paranoia eventually gets her killed
 Known to not want to leave the building she is in
 Refuses to listen to the voice of reason
 Often the last to die, just as we think she has escaped
Evil Character
 Murder, zombie, vampire, werewolf, demon, ghost,
monster
 Human villains often wear a mask, to play on the fear of
the unknown, but also to hide emotions so the
audience do not empathise with them
 Strong, almost impossible to kill, persistent
 Most have a sound motif to signal the audience when
they are near (e.g. Jaws)

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Typical horror movie characters

  • 2. Female Victim  Vulnerable and in need of protection  Usually young, blonde and attractive  Often portrayed as stupid and a bit annoying  Usually one of the last to be killed  Gruesome and graphic death
  • 3. Non-Believer  Often male  Cocky and at ease  Tries to convince the other characters there is nothing wrong  Over-confident  Usually the first to die  After the non-believer’s death, the other characters and the audience are panicked because there is no voice of reason
  • 4. Hero  Almost always male  Strong and masculine  Usually the female victim’s boyfriend  Brave, often going after the murderer but never returning  Show little emotion throughout the film  More recently, films are starting to have a female hero, which is challenging the stereotypes that were set back when Horror films started, when the film industry was very sexist
  • 5. Hysterical Character  Usually female  Usually the female victim’s friend, and girlfriend of the non-believer  Hysterical tendencies reflect on the audience to add more tension  Her own paranoia eventually gets her killed  Known to not want to leave the building she is in  Refuses to listen to the voice of reason  Often the last to die, just as we think she has escaped
  • 6. Evil Character  Murder, zombie, vampire, werewolf, demon, ghost, monster  Human villains often wear a mask, to play on the fear of the unknown, but also to hide emotions so the audience do not empathise with them  Strong, almost impossible to kill, persistent  Most have a sound motif to signal the audience when they are near (e.g. Jaws)