Genre Chart

Setting    

 
Dark 

Dingy 

Forests

Abandoned houses 

Grave yards

Mental Asylums

Basements

Childrens hospital 

Old houses

Abandoned church

Technical Codes  
Very low key lighting 

Shadowing 

Panning  

Zoom in 

Close ups

Extreme close ups 

Slanting 
Sepia
Black and White

Iconography  

Paranormal activity 

Dark places 

Masks

Gravestones 

Blood 

Gore

Dark clothing 

Shadows  

Knives

Mythical creatures

Coffins 

Trees

Wounds 

Symbols of death 

Disfigured faces

Screaming victim 

Binary oppositions   

Themes
Eerie 

Psychological 

Gore 

Blood 

Black and White
Jumping
Supernatural 

Torture
Science

Aliens 

Monsters
Thriller
Action/Adventure 

Characters 

Witches 

Army

Soliders

Police

Vampires
Monsters
Mad scientists
Aliens
Ghosts
Spirits
Supernatural creature

Damsel in distress 

Heros 

Masked characters 

Skeletons
Zombies 

Narrative Structure 

Death at the end

Survival (stereotypically males)

Bad person is revealed 

Elimination 

Heroism 

Running out of something (eg water, food)
Curiosity to find a cure 

Saving humanity