Repertoire of Elements

Horror/Thriller

Stock Settings

Haunted House

Dark place – Limited Lighting

Castles

Suburban towns

Iconography

Skull

House

Blood

Crucifixes

Sharp Kitchen Knives

Axes

Fractured Body Parts

Sudden loud screamsStock Characters

Zombies

Innocent human

Ghosts

Vampires

Monsters

Little girl

Possessed child

Squeamish character

Narratives and themes

Spirits present in a haunted house

Psychopath on the loose

Zombies on the loose

A coincidence of unfortunate events

A mad scientist creates a monster