Different film genres

For the past 3 lessons at the start of each lesson we have studied Joe Queenan's guide to different film genres such as; romance, horror, action, and crime and have had to highlight the main features in the articles. The next lesson we will be looking at sci-fi. I am finding it helpful to study each genre as it gives you an idea of the stereotypical features of that particular genre. As my group and I have chosen to do our film on horror we have been looking at typical cliches included in a horror film.

• Horror movies are divided into serveral very different categories and these being: slasher, zombie, vampirwe, mainstream horror, asian horror and revolting Eli Roth Films. Horror is the one genre in which the absence of cliches would ruin everything. 
• Small children are oftern evil in horror movies. It is very rare to hear a baritone or heldentenor on the soundtrack of a horror movie. 
• Horror films work best in rural settings, because rusticsare scary in and of themselves, and because there are lots of frightening farm tools on hand and also because there are no neighbours to beg for help when the flaying and amateur surgery get into full swing.
• Horror movies almost always contain a scene in which a woman washes her face in a sink, and when she straightens up and looks in the mirror, a girl missing half her face is staring directly back at her. If she decides to take a bath, the tub will soon fill up with hair, blood or a woman with purple skin and one eye missing. 
• Horror movies also contain lots of scenes in which the living dead or the living undead zip past an open door or window, but nobody sees them. It is always a bad idea to go to sleep in horror films, or accept a ride from strangers, or respond to a personal ad. It is an even worse idea to get in an elevator, a popular hideout of the promiscuously dead. 

From what is said from Joe Queenan's guide to horror cliches,it has given me a better understanding of the typical cliches you will find in a horror film. I think that Sarah, Kate and I, could use many of the conventions stated to make our film a clear and effective horror film.