What are horror films?
Horror film is a genre that aims to create a sense of fear, panic, alarm, and dread for the audience. These films are often unsettling and rely on scaring the audience through a portrayal of their worst fears and nightmares. Horror films usually center on the arrival of an evil force, person, or event. Many Horror films include mythical creatures such as ghosts, vampires, and zombies. Traditionally, Horror films incorporate a large amount of violence and gore into the plot. Though it has its own style, Horror film often overlaps into Fantasy, Thriller, and Science-Fiction genres.
Horror Movie sub-genres
•Gore
•Zombies
•Slasher
•Supernatural
•Monster
•Teen horror
•Comedy horror
•Zombies
•Slasher
•Supernatural
•Monster
•Teen horror
•Comedy horror
what are common CONVENTIONS?
- Scary music
- Isolated setting such as graveyards, churches, houses, atticks, lofts
- Dark lighting and colors such as red and black (shadows created)
- Props such as machetes, knife, mask or costumes
- Religeous symbols
- Blood
- Hero/villan
- Monsters/Ghosts/Aliens
- Young children
- Death, hate, suicide, deppression, insanity
Supernatural horror
Supernatural horror is a sub-genre that includes ghosts, demons, or other depictions of supernatural occurrences. Often, Supernatural horror films combine elements of religion into the plot/story line. Common themes in Supernatural horror films include the afterlife, the devil, and possession. Supernatural horror films are not just limited to specific religious elements and can also contain more vivid and gruesome violence. Examples: The Exorcist, The Ring, The Omen.
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slasher horror
Slasher horror is a sub-genre of a horror film that revolves around a psychopathic killer. this killer stalks and murders his victims in extremely violent and memorable ways. Even though it focuses on a specific killer, the extreme violence is what sets a Slasher film apart from other horror films. Examples: Halloween, My Bloody Valentine, Black Christmas.
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