"Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes."
Horror is a popular genre in film and television. Understanding the conventions of horror in these media can provide insights into the genre as a whole.
History of Horror Films: This topic explores the evolution of Horror movies from the silent era to modern times, including the cultural and social influences on the genre.
Horror Subgenres: This topic examines specific genres within Horror such as supernatural, slasher, zombie, psychological, and monster movies.
Themes in Horror: This topic explores common themes in Horror, such as fear of the unknown, death, and loss of control.
Horror Tropes: This topic delves into commonly used Horror tropes, such as the final girl, jump scares, and the haunted house.
Iconic Horror Characters: This topic covers iconic characters in Horror movies such as Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and Freddy Krueger.
Representation in Horror: This topic examines representation of race, gender, and sexuality in Horror movies.
Horror in TV: This topic explores how Horror is represented in television, including anthologies, series, and streaming services.
Horror as Social Commentary: This topic examines how Horror is used to comment on social issues, such as racism, classism, and gender inequality.
Horror and Technology: This topic explores how Horror movies and TV have evolved with technology, including special effects, sound design, and virtual reality.
Horror in Pop Culture: This topic covers how Horror has influenced media outside of film and TV, such as music, fashion, and art.
Supernatural Horror: Horror stories involving supernatural elements such as ghosts, demons, spirits, and haunting entities.
Psychological Horror: Horror stories that focus on mental disturbance or psychological states of characters.
Monster Horror: Movies that feature monsters or creatures that threaten human existence such as vampires, zombies, werewolves, or other supernatural beasts.
Slasher Horror: Horror films, typically featuring a masked killer who stalks and kills people.
Found Footage Horror: Horror stories created from the camera footage discovered after the disappearance or death of the film crew or characters involved.
Sci-Fi Horror: Horror stories that feature extra-terrestrial beings, machines, or beings of advanced technology.
Gore Horror: Horror movies that are highly violent and gory in nature, where the characters are killed in a graphic and gruesome manner.
Survival Horror: Horror movies where the characters fight to survive after being trapped in a perilous situation, like being stranded in a wilderness or face a deadly apocalypse.
Comedy Horror: Horror stories that are meant to be humorous or intentionally absurd, with comedic elements included in horror stories.
Paranormal Horror: Horror stories that focus on unusual, unexplainable phenomena and experiences, such as UFO sightings and alien abductions, or unsolved mysteries, and spirits that plague human lives.
"Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes."
"Horror films have existed for more than a century."
"Early inspirations from before the development of film include folklore, religious beliefs and superstitions of different cultures, and the Gothic and horror literature of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley."
"Horror only became a codified genre after the release of Dracula (1931)."
"Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comedy horror, slasher films, supernatural horror, and psychological horror."
"Horror is particularly prominent in the cinema of Japan, Korea, Italy, and Thailand, among other countries."
"Some horror films and franchises have seen major commercial success, influenced society and spawned several popular culture icons."
"Broad elements include monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs."
"Horror films seek to elicit fear or disgust in their audience."
"Authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley."
"From origins in silent films and German Expressionism, horror only became a codified genre after the release of Dracula (1931)."
"Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comedy horror, slasher films, supernatural horror, and psychological horror."
"Horror is particularly prominent in the cinema of Japan, Korea, Italy, and Thailand, among other countries."
"Despite being the subject of social and legal controversy due to their subject matter..."
"Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes."
"Horror films seek to elicit fear or disgust in their audience for entertainment purposes."
"Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comedy horror, slasher films, supernatural horror, and psychological horror."
"The genre has been produced worldwide, varying in content and style between regions."
"Some horror films and franchises have seen major commercial success, influenced society and spawned several popular culture icons."