1. Key
components of
horror films

2. Plot/ issues/ themes and situation
-Evil creature kills lots of -Good verses evil
people -Revenge
-Warning ignored, with drastic -Religion
consequences -Depression
-Seeing things no one -Science gone bad
else can see -Child hood issues
-Serial killer stalks/ - Lust
slays victims • - Envy
-Death of the • - Suicide
innocent • - Zombie
-Mental / • - Apocalypse
insane • - Nightmares

3. Locations and back drops
• Empty house
• Barns
• Hotel/ motel
• Woods
• Diner
• Holiday homes
• Basements
• Trains and tunnels
• Graveyards
• Run down towns
• Empty theme parks
• Fields
• Highways.

4. Stock props
• Candles •Spiders/
• Voodoo dolls cobwebs
• Skeletons •Ouija board
•Radio
• Dead bodies
•Telephone
• Grave stones •Mobile phone
• Axe •Car
• Knife •Mirror
• Chainsaw •Electric chair
•Door handle
• Light switch
• Crow bar