Horror conventions

The conventions generally associated with the horror genre are uniquely odd. This is due to one main reason, the horror genre is always evolving. Some of the older films generally associated with the beginning of the horror genre like Nosferatu and those expressed by Georges Méliès, used more stop motion and silence. They also focused more on demonic figures and monsters. This continued on for a while, and even witch films and monsters like Frankenstein started to develop as mainstream. Slasher films eventually caught up in the late '50s with the peak being Psycho in 1960. More and more slashers continued into the '60s. Then in 1973, the highly popular film, the exorcist took the horror genre and turned it demonic. A year after, the horror genre became huge, producing major titles like Jaws, Texas chainsaw massacre, Halloween, and Carrie. Each in their own subcategory of the horror genre. In 1991, Silence of the lambs came out. This film blew up the horror genre and is one of the more recognizable films about a mental issue. The rest of the filler years were filled with demonic like The ring, and slashers like Scream. American psycho even came out, focusing on one man's narcism. But the mid-2000s and even up to now have broken the recent horror genre. The majority of movies coming out a range in the issue they are trying to bring up. Yes, we are filled with demonic figures like those seen the conjuring, and slashers like It; but the ones truly making a splash have a deeper meaning. 2014's Babadook brought about issues on the mental state and sleep deprivation along with demonic figures. Likewise, Split chose to tackle the disorder of D.I.D and the effect it had on his community. However, Jordan Peele seeks to destroy modern horror genre conventions with his social commenary. His film's such as US and Get out, have been raved about by thousands of critics by being great horror films while at the same time having messages on race and poverty, while also problems with our internal state of mind. My film falls into these conventions in the sense that my character is a sociopath. Many sociopaths are characterized by being seemingly normal and arrogant, and almost charming. Like in the movie American Psycho, I choose to follow in that manner. The killer is this overzealous fancy man who listens to classical and old-time music, but somehow has this hunch on his back to kill others. However, I do follow the genre by filling in the role of having a slasher, as it is one of those horror films. I don't meet current conventions as I'm not trying to have much social commentary, it's more a straight-up killer film. I do follow conventions by the attempts I am trying to make with the lighting schemes, as described in my research on horror lighting. I'm going to try to integrate at least a couple in there, as well as using lowkey lighting.  Another convention im using is old time music. As described in my blog posting linked. The use of old music has been rampant in really well made films like Get out and The shining. As well, they fit perfectly with the ambiance of a sociopath. My begining in general could also be seen as extreme. Many horror films like to keep killing saved for at least the first 15 minutes of the film. Yet again, many opening scenes of horror movies have begun with a killing such as Halloween and Scream.