Young/teenage characters.
 
Clear binary oppositions e.g. good v evil.
 
Set in rural settings e.g, farms, countryside.
 
Old, cheap houses with a basement in the middle of nowhere.
 
Dark rooms and chase scenes between the antagonist and protagonist.
 
Dominant representation of gender: male-villain, female-victim.
 
Use of hand held camera: audience identification/realism.
 
Predictable narrative content, follows format.
 
Non dietetic sounds e.g creepy, music that that builds tension and suspense.
 
Extensive use of close up, long shots, point of view shots.
 
- Low key lighting, use of CGI and FX.
 
- Possessed children or children with possessed imaginary friends.
 
- Dietetic sounds e.g screams.
 
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