Research- The Horror Genre

 

Once I finished doing my Preliminary task, I decided to look at genre Horror. I have done alot of in-depth research into the horror genre, so that I could have an enhanced understanding of what the genre horror is; it's history and how it was first developed. By doing this I will have a better understanding of the genre horror and what the audience expects to see in a horror movie.

Horror Films are unsettling movies designed to horrify, turn your stomach and to invoke our hidden worst fears. They often feature scenes that petrify the audience in many different ways. However, horror films affectively and always centre on the dark side of life. But some horror films do end up combining or overlapping with the genre thriller; in addition horror films deal with the viewer’s nightmares, unseen worst fears, terror of the unknown and the revulsions. Most horror movies have a good deal of it being about supernatural chillers or some films even contain a plot about serial killers, a disease or virus outbreak as the main spotlight in the film.

Finally horror films are often combined with science fiction when the monster or creature is related to a corruption of technology, or when the Earth is endangered by aliens. Horror films are also known as the following:

·         Scary movie

·         Chillers

·         Spook fests

·         Macabre etc….