Key Conventions Of Horror Films

When thinking about key conventions of horror films you may first think of location, this could be: dark secluded areas such as woodlands, haunted houses, graveyards these locations are often shot at night time as a convention of many horrors are darkness as this can be quite scary.

Other conventions include a killer, but who is this killer? It could be: a ghost, a monster, a vampire, a werewolf, a serial killer, zombies, aliens or other scary things, these are all conventional things you would expect to find in a horror film.

Other typical conventions include blood, murder, guns, mystery of the killer for example hidden identitys, as well as eery music, jumpy scene, fast cutting and editing and special effects may also be used.