Action Horror:
Action Horror is a sub genre that combines a intrusion of a supernatural essence with gun fights and car chases. Codes and conventions of the Action horror would be things like vampires, zombies, vicious animals and demons. Examples of films include: Dawn of the Dead Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Aliens World War Z Body Horror: Body Horror is the sub genre that creates creatures out of the deconstruction of human body parts. Body limbs are used to create the creatures. Some body horror films include: Tusk The Beast Within The Thing The Fly From Beyond Comedy Horror: This combines elements of horror and comedy fiction. Sometimes they can be scary but one of the main aims is to make people laugh at there fright. Types of these movies include: Shaun of the Dead Zombieland The Cabin in the Woods Gremlins Tucker & Dale vs Evil Gothic Horror: Gothic horror contains elements of gothic and horror. Gothic horrors include items such as castle, dungeons and ruined, wasted landscapes. Examples of these films include: Dracula The Phantom of The Opera Frankenstein The Woman in Black The Monk Psychological Horror: Psychological horror relies on the characters fears, beliefs, guilt, emotional stability and sometimes the supernatural to build the tension and move forward the plot. The horror comes from the reality of the characters emotion in this sub genre. Examples of films include: Psycho The Ring The Exorcist The Shining The Blair Witch Project Science Fiction Horror: This genre deals with a paranormal spirit but can also have mad scientists where experiments go wrong. This genre also deals with the fear of technology. Examples of this horror include: Pandorum The Thing Event Horizon Invasion of Body Snatchers 28 Days Later Slasher Film: This genre deals with a lot of murders which are normally performed by a serial killer who stalks and brutally murders their victims. The killer usually has a specific weapon of choice which is commonly attached to them and recognisable for the character. The slasher films are also built up of a lot of mystery and suspense and sometimes crime. These examples include: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Black Christmas Scream Halloween Sleepaway Camp The Prowler Zombie Film: Zombie Films involve corpses coming back to life and mindless humans that feed off the living. Examples of these types of films include: Dawn of the Dead Burying the Ex Goal of the death Zombeavers Wyrmwood |