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Horror Repertoire of Generic Elements The main character usually dies. Isolated setting.  Antagonist is a male with supernatural powers.   Protagonist is more than often female. High amounts of gore.  Story occurs at night. Deviations or Sub-Genres Horror-Thriller (Don't Breathe, Hush, It Follows) Horror-Comedy - (Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, Get Out) Horror-Christmas - (Krampus, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Gremlins) Horror-Action - (World War Z, Alien: Covenant, The Predator)  Typical Horror Films A haunted house in the woods Killer terrorises suburban town  Zombie apocalypse  The genre of horror is repetitive in most areas as the plot in any medium horror either revolves around a group of teens and/or adults escaping a masked killer, usually in a house in the woods which is often haunted by the supernatural and the main character will most likely die such as the film Hereditary which does happen in the plot. However, a dif...

 This is John Krasinski on the cover of Men's Health. This magazine fits many stereotypes of the genre due to having a handsome and muscled white mail on the cover This is a picture of the 2011 London rioters. The picture itself is distorted and pixellated, perhaps to preserve the identity of those rioting or it could be due to the harsh lighting in the background. We cannot see their possessions, expressions so we have to assume because they are in a group dressed in concealed clothing they are all rioters with ill intent, also the smoke and fire background is implied to be caused by them but again we do not know this for definite, it could've been caused by rioters before and this unfortunate group was simply walking by it. What the image does not show is what this group is advancing towards - for all we know they are a group of friends going to his grandma's party. Even if such a situation is unlikely we do not fully know the situation - which contributed to th...

This is the original painting called The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali. This is The Persistence of Memory parodied in the infamous American cartoon The Simpsons. This is the opening scene in Star Wars wherein Darth Vader boards the ship of Princess Leia Organa and interrogates the crew for the plans of the Death Star. This is the scene parodied in the popular American sitcom That 70's Show with Eric as Luke Skywalker, Donna as Leia Organna, Hyde as Han Solo, Kelso as Chewbacca, Fez as a stormtrooper, Red as Darth Vader and Kitty as a TIE fighter pilot.