The thriller conventions I found in this film were:
- Warner Brothers logo at the start of film.
- A discrete title sequence
- There is stylized editing, white around the frame to make it look like a dream/nightmare.
- There is usually somebody introduced to a family and joins the family, similar to the stepfather
- Children are suspicious of the new family member and know there is something wrong with her.
- Person looks at a mirror and see's somebody directly behind them but it's usually a red herring.
- Something is mentally wrong with the antagonist.
- Music is always eerie, includes violins, builds the tension.
- Motif for when character arrives
- Antagonist continuously lies
- Somebody always knows there is something wrong with the antagonist but nobody believes their suspicions until the end.
- Antagonist always kills someone who is close to revealing their secret.

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