Codes and conventions of a horror genre
- Young teenagers
- Possessed children
- Imaginary friends
- Dark rooms
- Extensive use of close up, Point of view shots, Low angle shots
- Dominant representation of gender: Male villain, The Female Victim
- Clear binary opposition’s e.g. good v evil
- Use of low key lighting
- Old cheap houses with a basement
Cliches
- Stabs in the back by the bitter rivals
- Heavily accented Russians and Serbs
- Sword or spear will rip through a mans chest
- Bad guys never attack in tandem
- Leaps away from explosions
- Deadly machine gun fire
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