Harry Potter Opening Title

Codes and Conventions of film genres

Codes and Conventions

Action

• Fights involving weapons such as guns and knives
• Set in a big/modern city such as London or New York
• Multiple deaths including that one really liked character
• Futuristic vehicles and big explosions
• Cat and mouse chases
• Villains and Heroes

Comedy

• It's dependent on the type of comedy but usually set in generic places; bright, well populated towns and cities. 
• The camera tends to be very naturalistic, medium shots are used generally throughout to present dialogue and facial expressions. 
• There are many stereotypes, especially if teen comedy and set in a high school. You usually have the dumb person, the smart person and the socially awkward. 
• Sound is so important with comedy films as the dialogue needs to be extremely clear for it to be funny. 
• Three significant types of comedy; slapstick, dark humour and wit/wordplay. 

Horror

• Urban environments - dark streets/ narrow alleyways and empty houses
• Often dark colours such as red and black to represent darkness, evil and blood etc
• Common mise en scene objects include masks, weapons and religious icons etc
• Lighting is expressive and non-nauralistic, where low-key lighting is used to create dark shadows.
• Always, a hero, a final girl or a villain- most commonly being a man. The hero would most likely have a mission to accomplish ideally to defeat an evil villain. 

Make up decision

 

Make Up
 

Here are some of the initial ideas we had in terms of what make up should be used on our main protagonist and (any other characters if we choose to add any).

Eyes

We thought it would be suitable to use plain and dull colours to represent the character's personality, so we selected grey and black. Here are the three stages in applying the eye make up:

Stage 1 -

Stage 2 -



Stage 3 -



Lips

At first, we thought it would be effective to use nude lipstick to create pale lips making the character's appearance somehow rough. But after some consideration we wanted the lips to come across as more extravagant looking. Using dark red and black lipstick created this look that we liked very much.

2nd idea

Hairstyles

We tried out a variety of different hairstyles to get a sense of what would best suit our character. We ended up with the decision that having loose hair with no particular hairstyle would show the 'rough' side of her personality. We made the decision to not use a black wig on our actress as her natural hair colour is red in which we feel is perfect for the role she is to take on as we aim to stay clear of the stereotypical victim look. Here are examples from the internet of the few variations we tried out:

Style 1 - Smart ponytail



Style 2 - Loose ponytail



Style 3 - Hair down



Style 4 - Messy Bun



Style 5 - Two ponytails

 

List of production companies

Film Production Companies

 

Intrepid Pictures (US)


Warner Bros (UK/US)


Sony Pictures (US)


Paramount Pictures (US)

 

 

BBC Films (UK)


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US)


CBS Films (US)


Marvel Studios (US)

 

 

Elstree Studios (UK)


Lions Gate Entertainment (US)


20th Century Fox (US)

 

 

Film4 Productions (UK)

 

 

Columbia Pictures (US)


Walt Disney Pictures (US)

 

 

Pinewood Studios (UK)


Miramax Films (US)


Focus Features (US)

 

 

Working Title Films (UK)

 

 

Capitol Films (US)


TriStar Pictures (US)


DreamWorks/DreamWorks Animation (US)

Feedback

As a group, we thought it would be a great idea to gather some feedback on our film opening from people around the age of our target audience (16/17), we saved a section of our film opening onto our phones and showed 20 people around are school. We made sure they were not media students and asked for their opinion on the opening.

The clip was 1.12 seconds long and we gave them earphones so they could hear the accompaniment.

Here is the feedback we received:

Gloria - Good build and great music

                                                                          Abdullah - Very weird but interesting

                  Jordan - I was glued to the screen throughout

Rola - This was so good, quite confusing as I didn't know what was going on but yeah it was good

                                                          Eman - Confusing but that's good as it's not too revealing

        Davelyn - Music is intense and as a whole it was scary

                Esther - Good and quite sinister

                                                                      Phoebe - Very good footage and music suits it really well

                               Lily - The make up was really good and so was the costume used

Georgia - I liked the fast editing, it was effective

    Miriam - Quite confusing - especially the shot of the wall at the beginning - but confusing is good

Megan - The acting is amazing!! It seems so professional

                                          Tori - Would be scarier if the girl died at the end, but it was intense

Alex - I would definitely go and watch that film in the cinema, it was very good, my kind of film

Lucy - It's intriguing, I like it just add hints to show what it's about

                                                                                 Alice - Very dark, right up my street!

Favour - Didn't really understand it but it was pretty cool, and freaky

Nicole - It should be longer, I need to see more of it!! I want to see the whole film

Rebecca - Storyline is not clear but that makes it more fun to watch, I like it

Yasmin - Was it about a crazy girl? a psychopath? not too sure but that was an interesting watch

Our Response

Once we gathered all the feedback on our film opening we decided to take another look at the aspects that the people we asked liked and disliked. We decided that as we asked non-media students, some of the comments were just personally preference. For example, with Tori's feedback we decided that if the girl was to die within the opening of the film then the plot for the rest of the film is not really clear. However, feedback such as Miriam's proved to be useful where she hinted that one of the shots at the beginning confused her, we look over that shot and decided that actually it didn't have a place there after all so we removed that particular shot.

From the feedback we received we realised that our storyline isn't made clear enough. This is something we will work on and improve.

Production Company Title Decision

Our Decision
We came to a final decision that if we were to choose a film production company logo to display at the beginning of our film opening, then the best option would be the Intrepid Pictures introduction. This was the most suitable option with the atmosphere being dark and full of suspense; which fits in well with the theme if our opening.



Intrepid Pictures is a film production company founded in 2004 by Trevor Macy and Marc Evans. It's specialised film genres are horror and action, making it the perfect fit for our film opening. Most of the films produced by Intrepid Pictures have been targeted at young adults which is our target audience.

The production company logo itself is very appropriate for our film opening making it all that more perfect. It begins with a dark red background featuring a dark sky filled with lighting and assuming thunder. The lightning is made clear with it being yellow contrasting with the dark surrounding colours. This is then followed with a black silhouette of a man slowly raising his arms out to the side. The wind is reflected through the chaotic movement of the man's jacket showing the conditions to be similar to that of a storm. The words 'intrepid pictures' are then displayed in a red and scratched font.

The music used throughout logo is full of suspense as it also features the sound of rumbling thunder towards the beginning of the logo as well. All the accompaniment vanishes at the end as a flash concludes the opening. The music is rather threatening which adds to its scare factor.

Motion Picture Rating System?

Motion Picture Rating System

The reason for a rating system is to monitor the viewing of films depending on the suitability for particular audiences, with the main issues being sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity, impudence and various other types of mature content. They carry age restrictions (or sometimes recommendations).

Various factors may influence the decision of a particular rating of a film, these may include:

• The country showing the film in their movie theaters/ cinemas. 
• Whether it's set within a non-fictional historical context.
• If violence or drug use is shown, whether it is carried out by the protagonist or the antagonist, this is because some viewers tend to sympathise with the protagonist and could potentially encourage drug use. 

Here are a few certificates used to restrict viewers in the United Kingdom:

(This information was extracted from http://www.imdb.com/updates/guide/certificates)

E - Exempt from classification 

U - Universal / Suitable for all 

PG - Parental Guidance / Some scenes may be unsuitable for children

12A - Parental advisory / Children under 12 must be with an adult

15 - Those aged 15 and above

18 - Those aged 18 and above 

R18 - Those aged 18 and above, in specially licensed sex shops or movie theaters/ cinemas. 

Our Film Opening

We need to make the decision as to whether we wish to add an age restriction on to our film opening. Here are some of the ideas we had when making this decision:

12 Rated Movie:

• Dangerous techniques of violence such as hanging, suicide, self-harming and drowning should not be frequently displayed as they can be copied and appear to be pain and harm free, which is not true. They should not be encouraged. 
• Scary scenes are allowed and can be intense and last a while but gory moments involving blood and injuries should not come about as a result of violence. 
• Any substance abuse should be infrequent and cannot teach viewers how to take drugs or appear to be glamorous or attractive. 
• The film must not approve of language/ behaviour that would offend someone's religion, colour, gender, sexuality or disability as it could be seen as encouraging discrimination. 
• The themes of the film must be appropriate for those aged 12 and above. 

15 Rated Movie:

• These rated films may include: strong violence, fairly strong language, portrayals of sexual activity, verbal references to sex, sexual nudity, brief scenes of sexual violence, discriminatory language/ behaviour and substance abuse. 

18 Rated Movie:

• Strong language has no restrictions with regard to 18 rated films, very strong language can be used aggressively, frequently, directly and accompanied by strong violence.
• Racist, homophobic and other discriminatory language is allowed. 
• There may be strong violence that can lead to dwelling on pain and injury as a result.

Target audience - we decided that our film opening isn't suitable for those under the age of 15, we came to this conclusion after looking at the things you would expect in a 15 rated movie. With an 18 rated film there are no limits to violence and language etc whereas with 15 rated films there are still restrictions and are film opening applies to those of 15 rated films. Our target audience is young adults/old teenagers, so this restriction would be perfect.

Survey

Questions:

What's your favourite horror film?

What do you think of when I say psychological horror?

In your opinion, what makes a good horror film?

Which location is scarier; an empty tunnel, an empty field or an empty room?

Gloria
1. Chucky (Child's Play)
2. Horror involving a crazy person like a psychopath or something.
3. It has to make you jump, has to have unexpecting moments and not be too predictable.
4. Empty tunnel, especially at night

Abdullah
1. Saw
2. A film that messes with your head, really hard to understand - psychological
3. Blood, has to be lots of blood
4. empty field as you're outside and not sheltered

Rebecca
1. jaws- not that scary
2. a film which is really freaky and has a deep storyline
3. I don't like horror films but I guess something that makes you feel multiple emotions

Jesse
1. friday the 13th
2. psychopath? where a crazy person kills everyone
3. where all the good people die and the bad people don't
4. empty tunnel, empty rooms aren't that scary

Amelia
1. scream
2. mad person kills everyone
3. something that makes you hide behind a pillow
4. empty field

Will
1. nightmare on elm street
2. mental illness
3.being jumped and freaked out
4. empty room

Jordan
1. insidious
2. crazy people
3. if it scares me
4. empty tunnel

Alex
1. jaws
2. american psycho
3. people need to die
4. empty tunnel

Miriam
1. woman in black
2. human centipede something weird like that
3. confusing
4. empty room

Lewis
1. chucky
2. the purge is a psyhcological horror isn't it- messes with your head
3. has to have a cliffhanger to allow a sequel
4. empty tunnel

Yasmin
1. the shining
2. psychopath goes round killing people without a specific reason
3. a love story within the horror plot
4. empty field definitely

Nathan
1. scream
2. disturbing and plays with your mind
3. needs to make you jump and have nightmares
4. none of those our scary, but if one then tunnel

Children in Horror

Whilst deciding what characters to include within our film opening we had to make the decision as to what age the protagonist should be, we then questioned why the villains in horror movies are nearly always children or targeting children. We decided to look at some prime examples of children in horror and why the character was a success at portraying horror.

Horror movie villains used to just be typical monsters, vampires and ghosts etc until the idea of children portraying the villains came in, the direction allows evil to come from an unlikely source, especially with them looking so innocent.

Esther Coleman- From Orphan (2009)

• Poses as a nine year old Russian orphan when in actual fact she's a thirty-three year old woman from Estonia named Leena Klammer.
• Manipulative and deceptive.
• Her hobbies include seducing her adoptive father and killing her adopted families.

Samara Morgan - From The Ring (2002)

• Samara was pushed down a well by her adoptive mother and died seven days later which created a cursed videotape to portray the horrors of her life.
• Her powers include her being able to appear as a ghost, water manipulation, body possession and spider walking.
• An addition to her character is that she is hydrophobic, meaning the fear of water.

Rhoda Penmark - From The Bad Seed (1956)

• She is a sociopathic, eight year old girl who has evil tendencies that are genetically inherited.
• She appears as a bright and talented con artist through coming across as a perfect angel to made of the adults she meets 
• However, children can see beyond her 'perfect angel' act and see who she really is and therefore avoid her.

Toshio Saeki - From Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)

• After Toshio witnesses the murder of his mother he is drowned in the bathtub which results in him becoming a ghost that goes on to haunt and torture many. 
• Often seen without clothing and as chalk-white as his mother, in addition, Toshio was the only ghost that haunted his victims instead of killing them. 
• Toshio is capable of controlling anyone claimed by the curse under his control. 

Danny Torrance - From The Shining(1980)

• Danny has the 'shining' which allows him to read people's mind and speak with others that have the 'shining' ability as well, making him a target of the hotel. 
• He has the ability to see past, present and future events through his 'guide' - Tony. 
• As he grows up he uses his ability to set out a career with the nickname 'Doctor Sleep'. 

Carol Anne Freeling - From Poltergeist(1982)

• Being the youngest child of three she appears to be very wise beyond her years.
• Her ability to know what is happening before anyone else around her does. 
• She is presented as very innocent before and after her abduction and battle for her soul that would rage on for the next six years of her life. 

Regan MacNeil - From The Exorcist(1973)

• The twelve year old is caught between her mother's grueling working schedule and the fact that her parents are in the process of a messy divorce.
• She is described as shy and devoted to her mother (making clay animas as gifts for her and a giving her a rose each morning) 
• Regan is eventually revealed to have psychic healing powers, which is why the demon attacked her previously. 

Damien Thorn - From The Omen(1976)

• He is the Antichrist and the son of the Devil. However, it was only around the age of 5 when people noticed something strange about him. (When his nanny hung herself at his birthday party claiming to have done it for him). 
• Damien was an orphan that was brought into a family of politics as a replacement for their still born baby although they were not aware of his true heritage. 
• Unaware of his own powers, he unwillingly kills the majority of his victims which is an unusual trait for a child in a horror film. 

Grady Twins - From The Shining(1980)

• Their fairly neutral facial expressions help to portray their meaning in the film- to scare.
• Don't have a huge role to play in the film, however they are very rememberable 
• Identical everything from head to toe- this adds to the horror of the scene / identical twins are fairly rare and they don't tend to dress the same.

Isaac Chroner - From Children of the Corn(1984)

• Isaac was a teen preacher, leader of the fanatical teen cult called 'The Children of the Corn'. 
• He's a human representative of the demon god spirit 
• He wears a big black hat, not usually worn by a child which suggests he's wise beyond his age. 

What makes a good villain?

We decided to do a bit of background research on popular villains in horror films and find out exactly why they're popular. This way we will be able to come up with a few ideas as to what type of villain we should include within our film (opening).

Here is a list of some of the most popular villains in films of the horror genre:

The Shark (Bruce)

From Jaws - 1975

Bruce was a large man-eating great white shark that attacked and terrorized beach-goers on a fictional New England summer resort town, Amity Island. The fact Bruce didn't look like an ordinary great white shark added to the horror of the film as the shark was instead shown as a mutated beast. Nevertheless, the image and view of sharks changed rapidly after the first of the three Jaws films. People became more nervous and terrified of sharks after watching the actions by Bruce, that even influenced people to mention great white sharks amongst their worst fears.



Charles Lee Ray

From Child's Play - 1988

Charles Lee Ray, the human form of Chucky, is a fictional character seen as one of the most iconic horror movie villains of all time. Chucky is a doll that became possessed by the means of voodoo magic powered by the serial killer and it's human form, Charles Lee Ray. Even as a doll, Chucky had many human qualities; notable qualities he had were that he could bleed, procreate and even had organs inside of him compared to other dolls that are filled with stuffing and wiring etc.

I believe that one of the main reasons Chucky was such an iconic character was that dolls have always been unnerving but it developed a real scare factor around dolls that is on-going, even now, 27 years after the first film instalment.

Ghostface

From Scream - 1996

Ghostface is a fictional character also known as one of the most iconic villains, the character was voiced by the same actor regardless of the person behind the mask which makes it even more effective. The inspiration behind the mask is from the famous painting by Edvard Munch. The character is used to disguise and mask the true identities of each antagonist of each film. Something that adds to the greatness of this character is the fact it stays and even becomes more scarier as more and more instalments are added to the film series. What tends to happen with other characters is that they don't have the same effect as they did in their first appearance.

Jigsaw

From Saw - 2004

Jigsaw is a fictional character that differs from other movie villains as he didn't directly kill his victims yet instead he relies on various lethal traps placed on his victims. As it's so unique, it became refreshing for the audience to witness a different kind of villain. One of the most notable features of this particular character is his frequent use of the words 'Game Over'.

Pinhead

From Hellraiser - 1987

Pinhead is a fictional character known to be such an iconic movie villain, he is one of the leaders of the Cenobites, humans turned creatures that travel to earth through a puzzle box called the 'Lament Configuration' on a mission to harvest human souls. The character's appearance kick started a whole new depiction for horror movie villains as Pinhead was quiet, articulate and intelligent; very different to the general stereotypical villains before 1987.

Norman Bates

From Psycho - 1960

Norman Bates is a fictional character in which suffered emotional abuse as a child from his mother; this resulted in Bates murdering his mother and her lover. His character was inspired and loosely based on the real-life murderer Ed Gein. Bates is presented as mid-20s, tall, slender, handsome, 'boy next door' type which added to the shock when his dark side is shown. One of his most iconic actions is when he brutally stabbed the female lead in Psycho with a kitchen knife as she was in the shower, whilst dressed as his dead mother. The fact he looks like a normal and ordinary man in his 20s yet is actually a serial killer is a very effective and notable feature of the film.

Hannibal Lecter

From The Silence of Lambs - 1991

Hannibal Lecter is known as one of the most iconic movie villains of all time purely because of his characteristics that make him differ from the stereotypes. Lecter is a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer in which does not fit in any known psychological profile but is referred to as a pure sociopath at times. Not only because of his decision to consume his victims rather than dispose them, he's a character that's too intriguing to watch and just forget about with his charisma and intelligence adding to the mysteriousness surrounding his character.

Freddy Krueger

From Nightmare on Elm Street -1984

Freddy Krueger is a burnt serial killer who uses a glove armed with razors to torture and murder his victims in their dreams, resulting in the death in reality as well. He's a powerful and easily recognisable character with normal human vulnerabilities when in the real world. Krueger is a vengeful ghost with a memorable look; the red and green striped jumper, burned a disfigured face and the iconic metal glove armed with razors. His character represents subconscious fears through his actions throughout all of the film series.

Character Ideas

Here are a few ideas we had when brainstorming what we want our character to look and act like. We had to take under consideration that we would eventually have to find someone to fit our requirements so our ideas had to be within reason. This is what we came up with:

Age

• Our ideal character would be the playing age of teens, between 15 and 17 as they'd be both mature whilst their innocence would still be portrayed clearly.

Gender

• We decided that having a female protagonist would be most suitable for our chosen storyline.

Hair

• Our original thoughts were that our character should have long hair of any colour but after some deliberation we decided that they should have long dark hair.

Height

• We would want our character to be around the average height of a 16 year old to further portray the character. This way her age would be fairly recognisable. 

Features of personality

• Innocent
• Confused
• Depressed
• Uncontrollable 
• Anxious

Additional requirements

• Black pupils - will use eye contacts for this feature.

Inspiration
Our ideas were inspired by a selection of characters from not only horror films but ones of other genres as well. Here are some of the characters that inspired us:

• Samara Morgan (The Ring):

The requirement of our character having long hair was inspired by that of Samara Morgan. Her long hair made her more mysterious.

• Toshio Saeki (Ju-On, The Grudge):

The requirement for our character having black pupils was partially inspired by this character as it adds that all important horrifying side effect.

• Tumblr

Looking for inspiration through creepy-themed tumblr pages we came across this image. This is a similar look as we thought our character should have but with long dark hair, not white. This image inspired us to consider this kind of make-up both white and black colours.



Once we gathered an idea of what we wanted our character to look like we had to try and find someone willing to portray the character. We selected and contacted five different people in which fitted our criteria and then decided as a group who we thought would do the best job and come across as the most convincing. Here are the five people we narrowed our decision down to:

Megan Cunningham
Age: 17
Height: 5ft 8

Hannah Bouhamdi
Age: 12
Height: 5ft 4

Silvia Presente
Age: 16
Height: 5ft 7

Phoebe Cooper
Age: 16
Height: 5ft 8

Miriam Maslin
Age: 17
Height: 5ft 6

Our Final Decision
To make our final decision as to who to cast in our film opening we took under consideration whether or not they would be reliable and be willing to spend some of their free time filming with us. In addition we ended up choosing the person we thought would do the best job as being the character we wanted to include. We chose Silvia Presente.

Initial Ideas on Genre

Something we came across when brainstorming our initial ideas was that we had to choose a genre for our film opening. This genre had to be well suited to the content ideas we came up with as well as the fact it had to be something we are able to use with there only being four of us. In addition it had to be the genre that best suited our group's preferences. 

Here is a brainstorm of our thoughts on the possible genres we could choose from:

Comedy

• Can work as a low cost production.
• Could potentially appeal to larger audiences; both younger and older audiences.
• There isn't a conventional comedy location so would be easier to choose a place to shoot.

• Wouldn't be everyone's comedic taste so may receive negative feedback. 
• Can be very unrealistic.
•  If it's not truly funny then it won't work so very risky but could also result in confusion if too much humour.

Action

• The depth of the storyline can stay quite brief as they don't tend to have the most complex or elaborate plots.
• It allows flexibility regarding film locations as there are no traditional action film locations, e.g. a haunted house- horror. 
• Can allow creativity with mise en scene.

• Very hard to keep the plot original.
• There can be a heavy usage of props in traditional action sequences. 
• Many action films rely on special effects and CGI resulting it generally being a high cost production.

Horror

• Can allow creativity with mise en scene. 
• The storyline can be simple and straightforward, it doesn't have to be complex. 
• Can work as a low cost production. 

• Hard to perfect and if done badly it can look terrible.
• Mise en scene, such as blood, has to seem realistic if used, which requires skill and equipment.
• The editing within horror films generally involves fast, jumpy shots, so lots of footage needs to be taken in order to select the best footage possible.

After much deliberation, we came to a conclusion that horror would be the best genre to show our capabilities. Nevertheless, an initial idea we came across when discussing subgenres was that we should do something both intense and attention-grabbing thus we brought the many possible subgenre solutions down to two; psychological and possession. However, before we cancelled it down to two possibilities we had the idea of basing the film opening on the zombie subgenre as we thought it would be both fun to do and it would allow us to be creative. In the end we decided that it may be too hard for the opening to look convincing and realistic which are two important factors.

Sub-genres of Horror

Before deciding what genre we would do for a coursework task we had to do a little background research on the different subgenres of Horror if we were to choose it. Here is a list of the different subgenres we found, a definition and examples of films in that subgenre.

Science-fiction Horror
This subgenre is based on scientific or technological advances, environmental changes, space and that
related to it such as life on other planets, travelling back in time and also science related disasters.

Examples of successful horror films in the science-fiction subgenre are:

Alien(1979) and Godzilla(2014)


                                   
Action Horror
This subgenre involves heroes and heroines challenging themselves through a series of events including fight scenes with lots of violence. They tend to feature a struggling victim facing life-threatening situation due to the actions of a villain, they generally have a happy ending where the conclusion is victory for the hero.

Examples of successful horror films in the action horror subgenre are:

Feast(2005) and Predator(1987)



Psychological Horror
This subgenre aims to create discomfort using emotional vulnerabilities and fears. Plot twists are often used within this subgenre to build tension and characters commonly face internal battles with subconscious desires which tend to end in a disaster.

Examples of successful horror films in the psychological horror subgenre are:

Rosemary's Baby(1968) and The Shining(1980)



Zombie Horror
This subgenre revolves around zombies, which are fictional creatures- usually portrayed as reanimated corpses or virally infected human beings. Distinct subgenres have been extracted such as 'zombie comedy' and 'zombie apocalypse'.

Examples of successful horror films in the zombie horror subgenre are:

Messiah of Evil(1973) and White Zombie(1932)



Gothic Horror
This subgenre is a type of story that contains elements of both goth and horror. It may include romance that unfolds in the setting of a horror tale, usually suspenseful. Lots of the earlier horror movies were of this subgenre.
Examples of successful horror films in the gothic horror subgenre are:

Dracula(1931) and Kill Baby Kill(1966)

Natural Horror
This particular subgenre may be confused with the adventure, action and science fiction subgenre due to the many similarities, According to Wikipedia, it involves horror films "featuring nature running amok in the form of mutated beasts, carnivorous insects, and normally harmless animals or plants turned into cold-blooded killers."

Examples of successful horror films in the natural horror subgenre are:

Bats(1999) and Alligator(1980)



Splatter Horror
This subgenre focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence; they tend to display a large amount of interest in the vulnerability of the human body.

Examples of successful horror films in the splatter horror subgenre are:

Hostel(2005) and Train(2008)



Slasher Horror
This subgenre often involves a masked serial stereotypical killer who murders teenagers and young adults through violent means.

Examples of successful horror films in the slasher horror subgenre are:

Scream(1996) and Friday the 13th(1980)




Comedy Horror
This subgenre is a combination of elements from both comedy and horror fiction; it almost always crosses over the black comedy genre.

Examples of successful horror films in the comedy horror subgenre are:

Jennifer's Body(2009) and Teeth(2007)