Media Studies - TV
Generic signifiers evident in The Returned


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EDUQUAS

What generic elements of the zombie genre are evident in The Returned?
Compare your ideas to the suggestions.


Mortality

Rising from the dead

The undead

Pale faces

Creepy child (Victor)

Decaying flesh

Feral hunger – eating flesh

Movement en masse – the horde

Police rule/control (Series 2)

Cinematography – dusk shooting

Soft focus

Attack on Lucy

Shock jump scares

Clean and stark style

Mist and darkness

Narrative fragmented – flashbacks

Enigmas – Where have they come from? The dam?