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The film makes use of the many sub genres of horror throughout. The first subgenre it makes reference to is the slashes genre as one of the teens, discover a paintng of a mass murder of animals n her wall, this painting included  knives and  other phallic objects the killers were dressed in raggedy clothing. The sub genre slasher includes man stock characters, it s seen that the blonde girl is always a slut and she is always the most terrified and in this case the Jules(Anna Hutchinson) plays the blonde girl, she is seen to die first because of her promiscuous ways. The good girl, the virgin is always seen to survive as she doesn’t succumb to the blonde girls slut ways, she is called the final girl, in this case the final girl is Dana as she adopts masculine characteristics to defeat the monsters/antagonist and survives. This film use the sub genre splatter as, it includes alot of blood and in reference to cabin in the woods when the monsters attack the teens it is seen to be very gory

Sub Genre's of Horror.

Religious Symbols Religion is more or less one of the most significant themes in horror movies. Some examples are : The Exorcist, Insidious & The Rite. The religious icons that come up most are crucifixes, the upside down cross, voodoo dolls or the bible. Symbols of Death Death can be represented in many different ways, through different props and objects such as: Coffins,Gravestones, Skeletons or even angels of death. In Psycho(1960), the taxidermy birds are a physical representation of the dead mother, whose spirit is truing ti be kept alive by her son .  Colours are usually a symbolism of the theme or the film or they usually haver deeper connotations. Red is often associated which anger, hatred, evil & blood. Blue is associated with tranquility, calmness and serenity. White is often associated with purity and cleanliness and holiness. Light Light can symbolise many things such as freedom, hope, escape. In some horror films, light can e a symbol of