LMST 345 Horror Tropes
List of some horror tropes: Forest (representing natural figures vs. civilization) Old buildings Bad weather (fog, rain, thunder storm) Darkness, night time, basement, shadows, lack of color Sources of limited light (candles, moon) Animals (rats, wolves, cats, scared horses) Orchestral music (+ pipe organ) Imageries of death (skulls, tombs, cemeteries) Footsteps (figures approaching from out of vision) Secret passageways Isolation