Stock Characters in Horror

The JockThe cool alpha male of the group, who is seen as the leader due to his sporting achievements. Normally seen wearing a baseball jacket.

Billy in Final Destination, Tom in My Bloody Valentine

A brave member within the group who breaks apart from other characters to go and explore the location, seek lost members of the group or go in search for help and ends up getting killed.

Ryan Phillepe in ‘’I know what you did last summer’’ and Sarah Darling Scream 3.

The Wanderer

The Popular GirlThe beautiful cool girl who everyone loves and aspires to be like, usually dating the most popular boy in the school or the ‘jock’. The popular girl is often killed of near the start of the film due to their state of popularity

Megan Fox in Jennifers body, Helen in I know what You did last summer

PandoraPandora is the misleading character who appears to be innocent at the start but as the story unveils their true side is shown, usually as the killer or an acomplice of the killer. A good example to illustrate this is Esther from ‘Orphan’

Jill in Scream 4, Detective Hoffman Saw IV

The Final GirlThe final girl is the last girl in the group to survive the killings despite the protagonist sometimes doing everything in their power to get to them.

Sydney in Scream 4 and Britanny Snow in Prom night.

The PervertThe ‘pervert’ is a very sexually motivated character (usually male characters) who, despite not being the main focus of the killer, always ends up getting killed along with the jock/popular girl.

Frankie in Final Destination 3, Blake in House of Wax