Ingredients of a horror film
by Shari Powell
1. Settings
1.1. Churches
1.2. Isolated settings
1.3. Woods
2. Iconography
2.1. Blood
2.2. Knives
2.3. Religion
2.4. Masks
2.5. Disfigured face
2.6. Final girl
2.7. Colours: Black and red
3. Villain - Male
3.1. Masked identity
3.2. Psychological problems
3.3. Abnormal
4. Themes
4.1. Death
4.2. Good Vs Evil
4.3. Revenge
4.4. Supernatural
4.5. Insanity
4.6. Gore
5. Ominous Music
6. Lighting
6.1. Low lighting
6.2. Shadows