Nick Lacey’s ‘Repotoire of Elements’ for the Horror Genre – Christian Mesmar

Horror Genre – Research (Christian Mesmar)

Horror Films are designed to frighten and panic and cause dread to the audience. They centre the film on the dark side of life and often include objects which people generally have a fear of or are really gory and revolting. The threatening characters in a horror movie will generally be represented with a huge amount of make-up, to exaggerate the scary looks of the character.

Nick Lacey’s “Repertoire of Elements” – Horror Genre

Stock Settings Haunted House Dark place – Limited Lighting Castles Suburban towns Squeamish character	Iconography Skull House Blood Crucifixes Sharp Kitchen Knivesm Axes Fractured Body Parts Sudden loud screams
Stock Characters Zombies Innocent human Ghosts Vampires Monsters	Narratives and themes Spirits present in a haunted house Psychopath on the loose Zombies on the loose A coincidence of unfortunate events A mad scientist creates a monster

Films which helped build this table:

Zombieland / Final Destination / Paranormal Activity / Haunting in Connecticut

The first horror movie (1896)

Le Manoir du diable (The Devil’s Manor/Castle) was only 2 minutes long and was a silent movie, which was initially intended to amuse people but was accepted as the first horror film.

Nowadays horror films are much more emotional, and contain more horror scenes and the technology used has become much easier to create a horror scene. Horror scene has become popular in the recent decade, and has also become popular for low-budget filmmakers.

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