Mood Board + Horror Clichés

As the horror genre is very closely related to the thriller genre, I decided to create similar as above a mood board / image map of some of the many horror cliches. In this I have included images all relating to the cliches such as:

• The car never starting when the victim is trying to run away until perhaps the antagonist is right outside the car (e.g. The Hills Have Eyes, Freeway and Carriers - which all show cars breaking down before something fatal happens)
• The female characters always trip or stumble as they run to escape (e.g. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

• Whenever a character is trapped / kidnapped etc, they always plead to the antagonist thinking that they would be set free (e.g. Scream Queens, although it isn't a horror film it still is an example of the character asking the antagonist to stop however in this case not verbally)

• There is never any signal on their phones especially when being in the scene with the antagonist (e.g. P2)

• Victim's never run out of their front door and out of the house but instead run to hide in different areas of their house (e.g. Scream)

• Character with authority and parents never seem to understand or cannot help the victim (e.g. The Purge – Have authorities knowing all along, working with the villain)

• The antagonist most of the time doesn't carry guns and instead kills with other weapons which are more slower allowing the character more chance to escape each time (e.g. Scream)

• In a group of friends, they always add suspicion on the most obvious character and then create a plot twist on who it actually is (e.g. Scream TV Series)