Iconography of horror

By Yaaseen

A WEAPON Weapons are used in a lot

of horror films normally would be knife in Slasher

movie not a gun because a gun is straight to the point where a knife can do more damage and cause more

pain. Or in some horror the agonist tends to favor a

weapon in chainsaw massacre he favors a

chainsaw. Lastly in some horrors the victim tend to

grab a kitchen knife to protect themselves

BLOOD Blood is used in horror movies for a variety of different reason it shown on a killers had once they had killed their victim.

Also can be shown splatted on a wall after someone has been killed. Or could be on a knife after a murder by the killer. The blood is mostly used to show how really the horror is

to make it scary

FEMALE VICTIMS Females characters are

normally used in horrors as they are normally the victims of

a killer. Also they are also shown having a good time half

naked to bring in the male views before they are killed. Also they are always scared easily and normally used in

Slasher horrors as a group of teenagers are killed and the girl is the last one left and survives

DEVIL AND DEMONS

Devils and demons are used to make the

movies more real this is because devil relates

to religion so some people believe that devils are real and

form this they become more scared.