Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Horror film genre clichés

  1. Horror movies always divide into several very different categories: slasher, zombie, vampire, mainstream horror, Asian horror and revolting Eli Roth films.
  2. Small children are often evil in horror films. When they are not evil they are troubled loners who consort with invisible playmates who are evil.
  3. Teenagers in horror movies are usually spoilt brats who deserve to die. Perhaps this is why some horror films are so popular, people want to see those spoilt brats get their comeuppance.
  4. Horror films work best in rural areas because of the wide variety of frightening farm tools on hand and no one else around.  One should never trust a handyman or a farmer in a horror film.
  5. Horror movies almost always contain a scene in which a woman washes her face in a sink, and when she straightens up and looks in the mirror, a girl missing half her face is staring directly back at her. If she decides instead to take a bath, the bath will soon fill up with hair, blood or a woman with purple skin and one eye missing. Women constantly take showers in horror films. 
  6. Its always bad idea to check into a remote, deserted motel for the night.
  7. Its always bad to go to sleep if your in a horror film or accept a ride from strangers or respond to a personal ad. Its an even worse idea to get in an elevator.
  8. You should never purchase a dirt-cheap house or apartment without making detailed inquiries about how many tenants died in the household before you.
  9. Never undergo a medical operation in a horror film, particularly a transplant , because you will end up with the eyes of a witch, the heart of a cannibal or something other quite bad.
  10. Never ever ever answer the phone in a horror movie. 
We were thinking about doing a horror film for our opening two minutes. We've brainstormed a couple of ideas and this is a very appealing genre for us to use because my group enjoys horror movies and we had plenty of ideas.

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