SUBGENRE: PARANORMAL-

HAUNTED HOUSE BY ZIRAK PRINTER

&ALEX LISLE

FILM EXAMPLES OF THIS SUBGENRE:

CONVENTIONS OF OUR SUBGENRE : PLOT• INNOCENT FAMILY MOVE INTO HOUSE.• SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR THROUGHOUT FILM.• GRADUALLY REVEALS HORROR, WHICH BUILDS TO A CLIMATIC SCENE I.E THE

SPIRIT WOULD HAUNT THE FAMILY.

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The Conjuring

THEMES• DARKNESS• ISOLATION• REVENGE• POSSESSION• TERRORISM• UNFINISHED BUSINESS

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CHARACTER TYPES

Sinister

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SETTING/LOCATION

• SUBURBAN HOUSE• EVENING/NIGHT• ISOLATED HOUSE• ABANDONED/STRANDED HOUSE

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SPECIAL EFFECTS

• BLOOD• GHOSTS/SPIRITS• OBJECTS• GORE• PROSTHETICS• MAKE-UP• EDITING (COLOUR CONTRAST ETC)

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Sinister

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