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Horror films aim to elicit emotions of fear, disgust, and horror from audiences by playing on common phobias like insects, the paranormal, and darkness. They are often set at night in isolated, unfamiliar locations like houses, churches, or woods during cloudy or stormy weather. Music and sounds also play an important role, using orchestral music to make scenes eerie or metal/rock music to build tension.

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Horror films aim to elicit emotions of fear, disgust, and horror from audiences by playing on common phobias like insects, the paranormal, and darkness. They are often set at night in isolated, unfamiliar locations like houses, churches, or woods during cloudy or stormy weather. Music and sounds also play an important role, using orchestral music to make scenes eerie or metal/rock music to build tension.

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HORROR MOVIE

CONVENTIONS
Horror Films

Horror Films are disturbing movies that


make every effort to bring out the
emotions of fear, disgust and horror from
an audience. Horror films repeatedly play
with people’s worst fears and phobias
such as, insects, the paranormal,
claustrophobia, the dark and the
unknown. They often overlap with other
genres like, science fiction and thrillers. 
LOCATIONS
• Often at night time.
• The weather is usually cloudy or
stormy.
• Frequently in an isolated and
unfamiliar place (e.g. A house, a
church, a cave, the woods, or a
foreign country.)
MUSIC AND SOUND
The fear factor of almost any horror film would decrease dramatically if
the auditory features were removed or altered to something not
befitting a horror film.

Typical Horror fi lm Music

• Orchestral music is typical horror film music


and is used to make scenes more eerie.
• Metal and Rock music is also used to build
up tension.

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