Conventions

Post apocalypse/ survival horror-

-       The Road

-       Cloverfield

-       The Walking Dead

-       28 days later

-       War of the Worlds

-       I am Legend

-       The book of Eli

-       The Thing

-       Silent Hill

-       Quarantine/ [REC]

Conventions-



Many films have a dominant colour in some cases the dominant colour was not intended also most of the films are not horror films in the same sense as Saw for example. One example that works against the lack of horror is Silent Hill, based on Capcom’s bestselling video game, the film makers created a film that stayed true to the original game by creating the monotone environment, generic music and horror though at the same time still keeping with conventions of survival horror: dark rooms; the feeling of isolation and foreboding.

Silent hill a perfect blend of eerie suspense and horror

The soundtracks for these films are often subtle or not there at all for example the many viewers of The Walking dead may not have noticed the soundtrack in the first episode in their first viewing.