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Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Individual Genre Research - Horror Storylines

Since 1896, hundreds of Horror films have been produced and released in cinemas with many becoming cult classic among large fandoms such as; The Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise, The Saw Franchise and The Halloween Franchise. Most Horror films feature very similar plotlines and elements, for instance; Murders, Stalkers, Dreams being invaded, Nightmares, Blood and Gore.

Our film focuses on the Horror as a main genre and doesn't really branch out into a sub-genre. The opening of a Horror film usually starts off set a night-time to set an eerie atmosphere for the scene but sometimes start with a cheery opening sequence as if its a normal film which contracts from the genre and confuses the audience. Throughout the film we'll see the main characters getting caught up in different situations which could ultimately lead to their death or someone they know getting killed, they try to defeat the main villain and either their lives return to normal or they end up being killed.

A film very similar to our is A Nightmare on Elm Street, in which Freddy Krueger (the main villain) stalks peoples dreams, to live off their nightmares and to use their nightmares against them. It revolves around four teenagers who are stalked and killed in their dreams (and thus killed in reality) by Freddy Krueger. The teenagers are unaware of the cause of this strange phenomenon, but their parents hold a dark secret from long ago. The reason this film is very similar is due to the theme of being stalked and haunted in your nightmares.


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