Inspired by literature, horror films have been present for over a century. Within horror, macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes, often dealing with the audience’s nightmares, fears, revulsion, and dread of the unknown.
Typical plots within the genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force or event into the everyday world. Common iconography involves ghosts, extraterrestrials, vampires, werewolves, demons, gore, torture, vicious/rabid animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, psychopaths, and serial killers. Every genre has its own iconography. The iconography of horror consists of objects or entities that evoke pain and violence.
Mise-en-scene in horror films are usually based on the feeling of isolation, as seen in the following image. For example, an eerie family home in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a forest has connotations of insecurity, while the river represents suffocation and death as if whoever is trapped in the house is being smothered and dying to escape. These themes are predominantly used in the horror genre.
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