1. Dracula (1958) Hammer Horror
The Introduction and Establishment of Horror Conventions
Director: Terence Fisher
Count Dracula – Christopher Lee
Doctor Van Helsing – Peter Cushing
Jonathon Harker
Arthur Holmwood
Mina and Lucy Holmwood
Task: In your groups discuss the following questions
After the screening of the film…
a) What typical conventions of the horror genre do we
See In the film?
(Use your charts in your packs to determine these.)
b) What Gothic sub-genre conventions do we see at work in
The film?
Remember to focus also upon the ideas of the typical setting (duality),
narratives and the representation of the characters etc…
c) Although you may find the film funny now – why do you think these films
were restricted to adult audiences? Consider themes, scenes of violence and
scenes of a sexual nature, the representation of gender etc..?