Horror Sub- Genre Conventions 

What is Sub - Genre

Sub - Genre is a subdivision of a genre of literature, music, film.This is where it is based around their own distinctive matters with styles, formulas and iconography. 

The Conventions of Paranormal Horror

When looking at conventions these are the way that things are usually done.

However when looking at conventions of Horror we can see different sub genres for horror, for example: We have things like Vampires, zombies,ghosts (paranormal), werewolves,processions, monsters and many more...

So for example: Ghosts and spirits, haunted houses and possessions would go into the genre of "Paranormal"

Paranormal horror we can see can be mixed with mystery and horror, because of how they are represented most paranormal films are based around ghosts and the mystery of those ghosts which whilst watching the film they will always have a story behind them.

However, in our group we are focusing on the topic of "Paranormal" conventions:

When looking at our decision for our horror opening our opening is going to be very mixed with ghosts and paranormal with the sense of mystery and past stories. Therefore we are looking at the main convention of "Paranormal" however giving it a twist with the side effects of normal paranormal aspects.

Looking at different Paranormal Conventions:

The first paranormal convention is: The Poltergeist (1982)

Watch the Trailer to this film below:

When looking at this convention we can see that it includes the paranormal aspect to it with the mystery of what is happening and what is going to happen, with the ghost and spirits linking in with this film understanding what they are doing and why they are there so this film is showing the aspects of mystery.

Another film is the Ju - On (2002) Horror Film:

When looking at the convention of this film we can see that it is showing the mystery of a ghost maybe this also has a story behind this this story. So we can see that this is film is linked in with "Paranormal" which is showing us that has the genre of ghosts, mystery and the sense of the past creating that genre all to its distinctive feature.

Therefore to conclude, we can see that the convention of horror is located in the different areas of the genre so for example we saw that vampires, werewolves, witches, giant monsters and zombies and all these would go into the convention of "Monsters" linking them all in with the genre of horror also giving us the distinctive sub - genre that the horrors should include.