Conventions of a Horror Movie

In a horror film you would find that they use the colors Red, black, white and orange. In horror to make it effective the scenes would normally be in the night, so it shows darkness and pitch black not knowing whats out there. If the characters were trapped it would be more effective to scare the audience because they have no escape and that there isn't going to be a good ending either and it could build up tension for a bigger jump. The costumes would be casual clothes for the person or group of people running from the killer or villain of the film, if it was the evil in the film it would be anything depending on what it is e.g monster, serial killer, demon. The actors would have a very sinister face when acting and can really look into the eyes of a killer or villain e.g Jackie Earle Haley, Ashley Bell. The conventional characters would be a demon, serial killer or monster normally it would be a group of character running away instead of just one. Also the examples of films would be Nightmare on Elm Street, The Last Exorcism, Paranormal Activity, Friday 13th.