Slasher Conventions

- There is lots of Blood and Gore is why is named Slasher genre
- It usually makes the audience cringe and brings them out of their comfort zone e.g Saw
- Usually lots of Nudes shown within slashers Such as Psycho - Shower scene
- Usually a connection of rebelling (Drink/Drugs/Sex) and Death  e.g Halloween
- The Antagonist is usually male although there are exceptions
- 'Final Girl' is commonly seen in Slashers, typically a teenage girl who manages to defeat the
- Male Gaze - this is commonly seen which means we see the killers point-of-view
- Its common that the killer is using a disguise or mask of some kind like Halloween
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Zombie/ Monster/Alien Conventions

- Sub-human creatures or adaptations of Humans are the Villains.
- They usually are extremely hard to defeat or have a certain weakness about them. E.g Zombies - Destroy the brain.
- Its often filmed using A Hand-Held Camera such as Rec.
- Often surrounds a group of people who are unfortunate and unaware of what's happening until they start dying off one by one such as 28 Weeks later.
- Alot of mistakes are made, making the wrong decision resulting in a death
- A lot of blood and use of ugly costume such as The Thing which are obviously scary.
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Extra's

I have been to see The Woman in Black and Ghost Stories in Theatre which have a different perspective on Horror and how its portrayed compared to film.

Woman in Black             

- Good Build-up/ Storyline 

- Only 3 cast members 

- One setting throughout 

- Sound and Lighting essential 

- Included an Interval 

- First half they were acting out the play and then it became real. 

- Most like a Psychological/ Supernatural film 

Ghost Stories 

- Narrator almost in the way they presented the story, however he was then brought into it. 

- 5 Cast members 

- Its several different stories within the one Story 

- Several settings throughout the Story - Always in darkness 

- Sound and Lighting essential 

- No Interval 

- The setting the Audience was in, the theatre set as an old derelict house with numbers painted on the wall which is similar to a pre-set and gets you thinking. 

- 4D in a sense, It got cold when it was mentioned and the smell of bleach was in the air when mentioned. 

- Most like a Psychological/Supernatural Film 

Tension is a huge similarity in Theatre and Film, Such as Insidious where there is a scene following the small boy through his attic towards a door which was very theatrical and was again in darkness apart from the significant red and the hallway accessories. Although Tension is crucial in ANY horror film as it means the audience is on edge and more scared. 

Upper Sixth Research :)

Wes Craven 


Writer/ Director/ Producer

1972 - The Last House on the left
1977 - The Hills have Eyes
1978 - Stranger in our House (TV Movie)
 1981 - Deadly Blessing
1982 - Swamp Thing
1984 - Invitation to Hell (TV Movie)
1984 - Nightmare on Elm street
1985 - Chiller (Tv Movie)
1985 - The Hills have Eyes Part 2
1985 - The Twilight Zone (TVSeries)
1986 - Casebuster (TV Movie)
1986 - Deadly Friend
1988 - The Serpent and the Rainbow 
1989 - Shocker
1990 - Night Visions (TV Movie)
1991 - The People under the Stairs
1992 - Nightmare Cafe (TV Series)
1994 - Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1995 - Vampire in Brooklyn  
1996 - Scream
1997- Scream 2
1999 - Music of the Heart (Non Horror)
1999 - Fountain Society (Novel)
2000 - Scream 3
2005 - Cursed
2005 - Red Eye
2005 - Paris Je T'aime 
2007 - The Hills have Eyes (Re-make)
2009 - The Last house on the Left (Re-make)
2011 - Scream 4