Johnny Depp

Horror/drama films that he’s starred in:• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)• Slow Burn (1986)• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)• Donnie Brasco (1997)• The Brave (1997)• The Ninth Gate (1999)• Sleepy Hollow (1999)• The Astronaut's Wife (1999)• From Hell (2001)• Secret Window (2004)• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Jamie Lee Curtis.Horror/drama films that she’s starred in:• Halloween (1978)• The Fog (1980)• Prom Night (1980)• Terror Train (1980)• Halloween II (1981)• Coming Soon (1982)• Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)• Virus (1999)• 'Halloween' Unmasked 2000 (1999)• Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Christopher Lee.Horror/drama films that he’s starred in:• Alias John Preston (1955)• The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)• Dracula (1958)• Corridors of Blood (1958)• The Mummy (1959)• The City of the Dead (1960) • The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)• The Hands of Orlac (1960)• The Terror of the Tongs (1961)• Taste of Fear (1961)• The Gorgon (1964)• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)• The Skull (1965)• Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)• Circus of Fear (1966)• Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)• Scream and scream again (1970)• Count Dracula (1970)• Tale of the mummy (1998)• Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000)• The Wicker Tree (2010)• Dark Shadows (2012)

Danielle Harris.Horror/drama films that she’s starred in:• Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)• Halloween 5 (1989)• Urban Legend (1998)• Halloween (2007)• Left for Dead (2007)• Burying the Ex (2008)• Prank (2008)• Halloween II (2009)• Blood Night (2009)• The Black Waters of Echo's Pond (2009)• Hatchet II (2010)• Stake Land (2010)• Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D (2011)• Hatchet II: Behind the Screams (2011)• First Look: Hatchet II (2011)• ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011)• Devil's Night (2011)• The Ghost of Goodnight Lane (2012)• Hatchet III (2012)• Hallows' Eve (2012)

Typical male horror/drama character. Typical female horror/drama character.

• ‘Damsel in distress’

• Usually blonde

• Usually murdered within the first five minutes.

• Young women are often objectified and shown as nothing more than sex objects.

• Women can be seen defeating typically male villains and exhibiting strength and intelligence.

• Women are beginning to come into their own in the horror genre, showing that they are as strong as men and are not the sexual objects they were once perceived as.

• Many of the women are shown half clothed and hyper-sexualized, taking away the audience’s ability to sympathise with them because they are seen as less valuable in society.

• In some movies, horror has taken a better turn toward equality for women as heroines.

• ‘Alpha-Male Leader’

• Strong, masculine, brave.

• Either the ‘hero’ or antagonist.

• Serial killer, ghost, monster, vampire, werewolf, etc.

• They will often wear a mask, disguising them completely of appearance or emotion.

• They will never react in a normal way to injuries; if they were to be stabbed, they usually manage to get back up again unharmed, hinting towards the idea of them being inhuman.

• Rarely the victim.

Horror/Drama genre conventions.

Setting:• Small community• Isolated places• Urban environments• Dark streets• Narrow alleyways• Run down towns• ‘Dark history’• Abandoned buildings• Lakes• Countryside• Haunted houses• Asylum• Gloomy underground tunnels

Colours:•Dark colours•Low lighting. •Red and black (Blood & death)

Props:• Chainsaw• Knife• Firearms• Antagonists mask• Make-up

Narrative structure.• Death• Damsel in distress• The sense of being trapped• Embarking on a mission• Psychological ‘games’