Horror

Genre

Horror is one of the most appealing genre to it's audience as it gets them in a scared state and shocked. Horror has been around for over 100 years and are one of the most popular nowadays, the target audience for horror films are young adults and teenagers ranging from around 15 - 25. Horror films often dive into real world fears to really dig deep into someone's feelings and to portray that sense of horror.

Genre Conventions

A horror film often has a dark, gloomy, mysterious connotation and tone to create a more depressed atmosphere. The characters in the film have a lot of close family and friends because it plays more towards the emotional aspect and really digs deep into a persons sentiment when something happens to a character that you get to know and love. The most common type of lighting in horror films is low lighting with a lot of dark colors, and props include weapons, blood, masks, etc. When it comes to shots in a horror movie, a lot of close up shots are used to be able to dig deep into there emotions, as well as wide shots to show that someone is isolated.When horror movies are typically marketed there is usually multiple thumbnails. For example let's say you are really into romantic horror movies you might get a thumbnail with a more loving aspect compared to someone who has interest in gorey movies who might get a more bloody thumbnails, this is one way to get more viewers.

Film Examples

One example of a horror film is "The Babysitter" witch is about a satanic babysitter doing a human sacrifice on a guest she had while throwing a get together with friends while babysitting a boy. This movie utilizes a lot of these aspects such as being close with the babysitter, this makes the boy watching her kill a man so much more impactful. This plus the fogginess outside and the dark colors and constant wide shots and close up shots make this and impactful film. This film em

Another example of a film is Dexter, which is about a man that works as a blood spatter analyst for Miami Metro Homicide by day, but by night he kills people who have done wrong and "escaped" the justice system. This film is extremely well since by day there are a lot of bright colors and happy emotions, but by night it is dark and cold. This makes each kill that much more impactful. Not only this but the characters that you get to know and love slowly closing in on him makes this film that much more impactful. This film embodies horror because of the amount of emotions and connections you feel
and make through out this entire film.