The Titling

Titles of the definite-article + gerund format, i.e. "The [verb]ing".

The use of this format for titling Horror Films is sometimes parodied, and is usually a good indicator that the film is very definitely a B-Grade one. It's also a very easy way to give your sequel a memorable subtitle.

Compare Verbing Nouny. See also Stock Subtitle.

Film

 * The Awakening
 * The Burning
 * The Changeling fits the regex but ends in a -ling suffix, not a gerund.
 * The Happening
 * The Haunting
 * Highlander II the Quickening
 * The Howling
 * The Killing
 * The Reaping
 * The Reckoning (multiple movies with this title)
 * The Shining
 * The Unearthling fits the regex but ends in a -ling suffix, not a gerund.

Literature

 * Bentley Little's novels The Summoning, The Walking, The Burning, The Vanishing
 * The Gathering
 * The Shunning

Live Action TV

 * An in-universe example occurs on iCarly: Carly, Sam and Freddy help some friends make a trailer for a movie called... The Blowing.
 * The Killing

Tabletop Games

 * Magic: The Gathering
 * Changeling: The Dreaming
 * Hunter: The Reckoning
 * Mage: The Awakening

Video Games

 * Privateer 2: The Darkening
 * The Baconing, the third part of the Death Spank saga.
 * A cancelled title in the Castlevania series for the 32X would've gone by the name of Castlevania: The Bloodletting.

Webcomics

 * Final Fantasy VII the Sevening

Western Animation

 * Ruthlessly parodied in season 3 of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, with such episode titles as "The Shaving", "The Cubing", and of course, "The The".
 * Also parodied in The Simpsons, when it is mentioned that Lenny had a bit part in a movie called "The Redeadening".
 * The episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" involves the kids wanting to see a movie called The Bloodening (a parody of Village of the Damned).
 * Invader Zim: episode title "The Wettening".
 * Futurama: episode title "The Honking".