Iconography - Horror

Horror rely's on the use of iconography to create a response in the audience and enables fear or tension through the recognition of these objects or settings. For example a domestic setting is used is to create verisimilitude and to make the events seem more plausible even though the events are supernatural and not real, this creates a sense of insecurity and makes the audience scared and leaves a lasting effect on them. Horror mainly uses supernatural iconography to make the antagonist in the film seem more scary because of the fact we don't know anything about them or what they are capable of, creating fear and suspense in the audience. The iconography also includes human-like figures. This is because we find warped versions of ourselves scarier than something that is completely unrecognizable and un-relate-able . This means the audience can create emotion for them whether its compassion or fear.