Horror film character costumes.

In horror films the villain is normally dressed in black or dark colours to make them seem sinister and scary. The colour black is also associated with night which is when the stereotypical villain normally approaches as it means they are less likely to be seen as they blend in with the darkness. However to contrast the black clothes they normally have a pale white face to make them have a blank expression which scares the audience even more as it makes them look more powerful and in control as they look focused on what they are about to do. Some villains wear masks to hide their identity and make them look more threatening to the victims and viewers, it also gives the villain a well known feature for the audience to look out for and they know from the familiar face that someone is about to get murdered, this is also detected as they normally have ironic music that goes with their character.

When the villain doesn't have a mask on they normally have scars or burns on their faces to make them look more dangerous as it connotes that they may of been in fights or accidents and therefore want revenge on someone or people that may of caused it. Also some villains don't wear a mask so that they can seem like a normal person which makes them less scary as their identity has been revealed so we now know who they are and they just look like an everyday person, however this could come across as scary to others because you wouldn't expect anything from them if they look like an everyday person.

The type of clothes that the characters from horror films typically wear are normally long dark black coats if they were the type of villain who plans things like serial killers, that take a lot of time and go into a lot detail, they wear the long coat to portray them to be clever and know what they are doing, also in some kind of way it makes them look smart, which shows they will do what they have planned well.Other horror film characters may wear normal clothes to make them look like they are just an everyday person going to work in a suit, to make them seem innocent when they actually have another side to them and after work that's when they commit their murders. Some others will have certain clothes on that are significant to their  character such as' Freddie krueger' who is known as the man in the black and red jumper, his costume is interesting as he also wears a black top head which is strange as you wouldn't associate his costume with the was he kills which is pretty gruesome and gory.