Horror Film Themes

By: Erica, Bruna Chris and Tyriq

The themes found in are used to scare, thrill and entertain the audience. Horror films centre around ‘the dark of life’; the strange, forbidden and alarming events. Themes are the common form of horror films; they are something that is some of the typical themes of horrors include:

- Revenge

- Haunting

- Demons and exorcism

- Serial killers

- Religious Belief

- Ghost

- Gore

Themes notably turn into sub genres within horror films.

Example of theme: Serial Killer

Film: Scream (1996) Film: Psycho (1960) Film: Halloween (1978)

Theme: Demons and ExorcismFilm: The Exorcist (1973)

Film: The Conjuring (2013)

Film: The Possession (2012)

In our opening our two main chosen themes are revenge and possession.

Themes of our opening