The development of horror film genre overtime!

Film Certification

Themes Characters Narrative Conventions Audience Appeal

The Ghost Breaker (1922 film)

PG haunted houses and ghosts

-ghost breaker-leader of ghosts-coloured servant-A ghost

-Based in a haunted house.

-Ghosts-Creepy house.-Ghost detectives and catchers

Because it’s a PG film it is targeted at older people such a s adults and not suitable for young people.

Haunted Spooks

PG -Silent comedy film-Romantic themes-Suicide

-A lawyer & his wife.-Short Butler -A girl (Layers Niece)

-set in the South "down the Mississippi and turn to the right".

-Murder-Problem solving-Haunting-Death

Also aimed at older audience due to the certification as it may be inappropriate to children.

The Hands of Orlac (1924 film)

PG -Character looses his hand in railway accident -Guts and gores -Crime-Sci-Fi

-The man and wife-Surgeon that provides new hands.

-Railway-Hospital

-Murder-Knife

Older audience due to knives and weapons.

Horror Genre- 1920’s

1920’S

FILM CERTIFICATION THEMES CHARACTERS NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS

AUDIENCE APPEAL

The Ape (1940 film)

PG -Ape breaks into lab-Doctor kills ape (Murder) for apes skin-Hides murder by plotting it.

 -Dr. Adrian's (Scientists)-The Ape

- In a science lab -Knives-Murder-Mystery -Crime-Action

Older audience will enjoy this murder mystery film.

Black Friday (1940 film)

PG -Science fiction-Horror

-Professor-Doctor-Gangster

-Set in the streets -Accidents-Implanting of brain

Aimed at older audience as there are gang voilence and complicated storyline.

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

- -Is a sequel -combine of monsters-Warewolves

-Baroness Elsa Frankenstein-Inspector Owen-Dr. Mannering

-Set in a town -Scary characters such as werewolves, Frankenstein and good/bad characters.

-No sex or nudity appeled to teenagers and over.

Horror Genre- 1940’s

1940’S

FILM CERTIFICATION THEMES CHARACTERS

NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS

AUDIENCE APPEAL

Psycho (1960 film)

Age 14 and up -Horror- thriller film.-Romantic-Mystery

-Girl and boyfriend-Policeman-mentally ill proprietor-Detective

-Basement-House

-Mental (psycho)-finding out mysteries

-suitable for young teens as there is no nudity.

The Witch's Curse

- -an interpretation of mythological the gothic horror genre-peplum-fantasy film

-A witch is burned in Scotland

-The sequences set in the Hell were entirely filmed in the Castellana Caves,

-Death-Fire-Danger-Suicide

- Aimed towards older audience as its about a witch getting burned so not suitable for kids.

The Little Shop of Horrors

12 and up -American comedy horror

-florist's assistant who cultivates a plant and feeds on human flesh and blood.

-Set in a florist shop. -Human flesh-Blood-Death

-nothing too extreme so aimed at younger audience.

Horror Genre- 1960’s

1960’S

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THEMES CHARACTERS

NARRATIVE

CONVENTIONS

AUDIENCE APPEAL

The Children (1980 film)

-Age from 12 years and upwards.

five children in a small town who, thanks to a yellow toxic cloud, who got transformed into bloodless zombies with black fingernails who microwave every living thing they put their hands on.

-Adults (help to put things right)-Children (bad)

-Set outside-Near woods-Roads

-Zombies -Not too gruesome so recommended for 12 upwards as it deals with zombies.

Child's Play (1988 film)

PG -Chucky the doll-Little boy-Mother

-Set in a shop-Set in a house-Outside (near trains)

-Scary doll that comes to life-Kills/Murders-Use of violence.

- Aimed at the youth but not too young as it contains bad violence and death.

The Lost Boys Aged 13 upwards. -Horror-Vampires-Fighting

-Brothers-Vampires-Mother

-California -killing/fighting of vampires/slaying

-Aimed at teenage boys and adults.

Horror Genre- 1980’s

1980’S

FILM CERTIFICATION THEMES CHARACTERS NARRATIVE

CONVENTIONS AUDIENCE APPEAL

Orphan film -2009

15 and up -Horror-Death-Romance-Violence-Car accidents-Stabbing-Alcoholism -Child horror

-Orphan child (Esther) Russian girl who was adopted by family-Family of mum, dad, young boy and girl.

-House-Treehouse-Hospital-School

-Blood-Weapons/knives-Esther is originally from a mental hospital. -She has a condition of dwarfism.

Rated R for disturbing violent content, some sexuality and language

Case 39 film-2009

15 and up -Supernatural horror. -Violence-Murder/Death-Child horror

-Adopted young girl (devil child)-Social worker-parents-teachers

-School-Home-Jail-Outside

-Devil child which acts as though she's in trouble-Gets revenge-Kills/murders whoever she gets close to.-Sets fire to the house.

Contains allot of swearing, alcohol and frightening scenes.

The women in black

12 and up -Child horror-Death/murder -Spirts/ ghosts

-Women in black-Lawyer-Children

-Set in a haunted house-In the forest-Different locations of a village

-Conventions of haunted house where scary things happen in-Ghosts/ spirits of young children.-deaths of the children

-aimed at a teenage and adult audience as it deals with ghosts and death.

Horror Genre- 2000’s

2000’S