Sub genre: Zombie Apocalypse
Characters - Three teenagers and zombies
Synopsis - Three teenage friends are leaving their house at night after watching a film about a zombie apocalypse; they are then attacked by a group of zombies, and attempt to escape by running away. This is unsuccessful so they have to fight the zombies, and the comic ends on a cliffhanger when one of the teenagers is bit by a zombie.
Conventions of horror
Scenes - creepy old house, cemetery, abandoned building, basement, factory, carnival/fairground. attic, high school, summer camp
Characters - cowardly/whiny one, 'think they know it all' person, the 'leader', the 'smart' one, the one who always dies first, the one/s who survive
Weapons - knives, guns, axes, pick-axe, fire (burning), live animals (sharks), drowning someone, baseball bat, anything they can find (everyday items)
Villains/Monsters - ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies, mutants, psychopathic killers, undead people/spirits (e.g. the grudge) - villain often comes back to life
Types of horror - slasher, psychological, supernatural, zombie, vampire
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