Conventions of a Horror/Thriller Film

Conventions of a horror/thriller film are an important thing to know when creating your own horror/thriller film. Therefore, these are what I believe to be conventions of such a film:

• Low key lighting
• Quick cuts
• Tension music
• The unknown
• Range of shots
• Antagonist has hidden identity
• Familiar and unfamiliar locations
• Audience is unclear on what exactly is happening
• Violence is featured
• Good v Evil
• At least one thriller genre (crime/psychological/horror/sci-fi etc.) featured

We have used almost all of these conventions in our trailer as these are clearly important within a horror/thriller film.