Graeme Burton's theory of horror films states there are formulaic key elements of the horror genre which the audience 'subconsciously expect to see' applied to movies. I agree with Burton's theory as even in films in which the director intends to challenge the audience's expectations, clear genre markers such as stock situations, genre icons, themes, setting, stock situations and plots, characters (the protagonist and other stereotypical stock characters) and backgrounds and decor are still used so the audience recognise the genre although some are used to a lesser extent than others. In this task I have looked at a few summaries of popular horror films to see how the formula is applied.
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