♡ favourite horror tropes/motifs ♡
~ tragic ending/"fate worse than death" (Anna in Martyrs, Adam in Saw, Arkin in The Collector) something about seriously bleak and hopeless endings in horror just do it for me idk
~ tortured protagonist (Lucie in Martyrs, Amanda in Saw) for me these characters just feel so relatable to me, especially Amanda 💔
~ doomed lovers (Bones and All, Martyrs, Eden Lake) again, I love a tragic ending (and bones and all isn't really horror but it's sorta horror-adjacent)
~ girlhood horror (Teeth, Jennifer's Body, Ginger Snaps, Carrie and soooo many more) teen girls ready to destroy the world hells yeah!!
~ trashy aesthetic (House of 1000 Corpses, Bride of Chucky) think sleazy, run-down motels, go-go dancers, even better if they are also 2000s/90s with the iconic fashion
~ 2000s grunge (The Ring, The Hole, Silent Hill) these are the other side of the 2000s horror that I love!! old technology, dingy and rotten, lots of greens and blues in the cinematography
~ winter settings (Orphan, The Children, Let the Right One In) winter time is the perfect season for horror for me, and I especially love how winter horror utilises the visuals of blood on snow (Liverleaf is awesome and so underrated)
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No horror movie in the woods/forest is complete without the following:
Tripping on mushrooms
Traumatic flashbacks
If there is a cliff, someone is falling off it
Compound fractures (specifically the tibia)
Pouring alcohol onto compound fractures
Dead deer/stag
Flashing images/montage that will give you a migraine
"An animal couldn't have done this."
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EDEN LAKE- 2008 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jenny (Kelly Reilly) and Steve (Michael Fassbender) go on a romantic getaway but are terrorised endlessly by a savage gang of teens...
Horrible, brutal film. Quite scary but also very unpleasant.
Kelly Reilly is brilliant. Would like her in more horror films.
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