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PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR
Narrative Tropes
The classic narrative structure of the Psychological Horror genre has to have a
protagonist character within the film. They are based upon conflict and
dilemmas the main characters endure.
For example
Characterization Tropes
(Compare characters and characters and casting) and
(Contrast characters as device).
Title Tropes
(Summing up an entire complex narrative, a colourful cast of characters and an
inventive concept with a few words can be quite an art. What you choose will bear
the burden of being the work's representative and designation.)
No Antagonist
(If one or more sentient beings get in the way of the protagonists, however wellintentioned they are and however justified their actions, it's not an example.)
Mise-en-scene
Genre/stylistic conventions
Psychological Horrors may involve replacing physical threats with psychological
Character Types
The Protagonist usually the female role, most morally