location, costume and prop research

Location:-

• Dark, grotty underground areas.
• Derelict stations/woodland.
• Night time
• Dense areas of forestry
• Abandoned warehouses
• Cages (fight arenas)
• Mental hospitals
• Prison

(NOTE: 'Tormented' challenges the convention of horror thrillers... it is set mostly in the day light, and adds an element of comedy. Still midnight graveyard scenes though, so not completely unconventional.)

Costume:-

• Women tend to wear very little... i.e. "enough to cover the important bits, but as little as possible to keep you interested." (NOTE: Women rarely seem to be older than 30 in horror thrillers.)
• Young men tend to wear adequate clothing for most of the film... although the occasional action sequence may find the male heroes topless.
• Older men tend to be fully clothed at ALL times during the film (we're talking jackets, heavy trousers, dress shoes, hats...)
• Clothes are often dull, or just gradient, i.e. black, white, etc.
• Bad guy characters often have concealed faces (they don hoodies, bandanas, robes, masks, etc...)

Props:-

• Weaponry tends to be melee within horror thrillers... axes, swords, machetes, clubs... none of these are unheard of within the genre.