Research on the 'Horror' Genre

Narratives (the kinds of stories)
•Group of teenagers lost

Settings
•Woods
•Haunted/abandoned house
•School
•Mental home

Stock characters
•Killer
•Group of kids/teenagers
•Police/sheriff

Iconography
•Blades
•Knifes
•Guns
•Masks
•Colour black/red
•Blood
•Shouting
•Screaming
•Sex

Audience
Adults

Films
•Jason
•Scream
•Nightmare on Elm street
•The Ring 1 and 2
•Dawn of the dead