Research : Conventions In Horror Films.

Conventions are accepted as being the set ways of doing something; genre specific for creating films.

Listed below are some expected conventions seen in the horror film genre and how they are used:

• Secluded Locations - a place where there is no existence of living.
• Characters forgetting about threat - the characters knowing something isn't right but still heading towards their destination.
• No signal / phone lines are cut - all connections to help are lost.
• The fake scare - something jumps out/happens but not the real scare.
• Bad weather - pathetic fallacy of what is happening.
• Short cuts - going the way they didn't plan.