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Key
components of
 horror films
Plot/ issues/ themes and situation

-Evil creature kills lots of         -Good verses evil
    people                           -Revenge
-Warning ignored, with               -Religion
    drastic consequences             -Depression
-Seeing things no one                -Science gone bad
    else can see                     -Child hood issues
-Serial killer stalks/                - Lust
    slays victims                       - Envy
-Death of the                              - Suicide
    innocent                                  - Zombie
-Mental /                                          - Apocalypse
    insane                                            - Nightmares
Locations and back drops
•   Empty house
•   Barns
•   Hotel/ motel
•   Woods
•   Diner
•   Holiday homes
•   Basements
•   Trains and tunnels
•   Graveyards
•   Run down towns
•   Empty theme parks
•   Fields
•   Highways.
Stock props
•   Candles          •Spiders/
•   Voodoo dolls     cobwebs
•   Skeletons        •Ouija board
                     •Radio
•   Dead bodies
                     •Telephone
•   Grave stones     •Mobile phone
•   Axe              •Car
•   Knife            •Mirror
•   Chainsaw         •Electric chair
                     •Door handle
•   Light switch
•   Crow bar

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Key components of horror films

  • 2. Plot/ issues/ themes and situation -Evil creature kills lots of -Good verses evil people -Revenge -Warning ignored, with -Religion drastic consequences -Depression -Seeing things no one -Science gone bad else can see -Child hood issues -Serial killer stalks/ - Lust slays victims - Envy -Death of the - Suicide innocent - Zombie -Mental / - Apocalypse insane - Nightmares
  • 3. Locations and back drops • Empty house • Barns • Hotel/ motel • Woods • Diner • Holiday homes • Basements • Trains and tunnels • Graveyards • Run down towns • Empty theme parks • Fields • Highways.
  • 4. Stock props • Candles •Spiders/ • Voodoo dolls cobwebs • Skeletons •Ouija board •Radio • Dead bodies •Telephone • Grave stones •Mobile phone • Axe •Car • Knife •Mirror • Chainsaw •Electric chair •Door handle • Light switch • Crow bar