Thursday, 12 January 2012

Sub-Genre
·      Horror thriller (One Missed Call)
·      Horror romance (Dracula)
·      Slasher horror (Friday the 13th, Halloween)
·      Horror comedy (Zombie Land)
·      Horror sci-fi (Dead Space, Apollo 18, Diary of the dead)
·      Horror monster (Alien, The Evil Dead)
·      Horror teen (Prom Night, Scream)
·      Horror supernatural (Paranormal Activity, The Ring)
·      Horror psychological (Shutter Island, The Ward)
·      Horror musical (Sweeny Todd)
·      Horror fantasy (Underworld Awakening)
·      Horror mystery (The Orphanage)
·      Horror adventure (The Descent)

Horror Thriller:
These types of movies usually involve a lot of suspense and shock throughout the movies. The movie would also have throughout ‘spooky’ music, which makes the audience feel frightened about what might happen to the character next. An example of a horror thriller is One Missed Call. This movie is about people who start to get voice mails from a mystery caller, telling them the time, date and details of their death. This movie is a complete suspense movie, especially when the audience becomes attached to the main lead, and hopes she finds a way to stop the mystery caller from killing her.



Horror Romance:
In these types of movies there is the horror elements but there is also a love story twisted in between all of the havoc. A good example is Dracula. This is a about a vampire who comes to England, in order to seduce a visitors fiancée but he also has arrives to inflict havoc to everyone else. This movie throughout makes the literally want to scream at the TV when Dracula tries to seduce Lucy Westenra, but they also scare away when he attacks his victims.







Horror Slasher:
In these types of movies there is a lot of gore and bloody scenes, with nearly every character dying in a gory way. A good example of this type of genre is Friday the 13th. The main story line of this story is about Jason Voorhees and his deadly intensions. He is after a group of friends who lurking around a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where he resides. This movie makes the audience literally hide behind a pillow and want to shout at the TV ‘Jason is behind you!’





Horror Comedy:
In these types of movies there is a horror element to them, with either scary character i.e. zombies, or something gory happens to one of the characters. But the main element is comedy and making the audience laugh at their misfortune throughout the film. Even though scary things may be happening, the comedy side of it covers it up nicely. An example is Zombieland. This movie is about student, Columbus, trying to reach his family in Ohio after a zombie invasion. He joins forces with tough man Tallahassee who is mainly looking around for the last Twinkie. This movie, even though they encounter many zombies on their way, has so much comedy in it the audience genuinely forgets they are watching a horror.


Horror Sci-fi:
In these types of movies there are usually aliens or the characters are in space. There is a definite horror element but it is coated with a scary alien like creature, which is usually on a killing spree. An example of horror sci-fi is Apollo 18. In this movie two American astronauts, Walker and Anderson, are sent on a secret expedition to the moon. Once they arrive there, something happens to one of the astronauts gets injured by a rock substance but becomes increasingly paranoid. It then shows these ‘rocks’ are alien creatures, which are in fact infecting Walker, the paranoid astronaut.



Horror Monster:
In these types of movies there is always a horror monster, which is attacking the people and spreading havoc in a city or with a group of friends. An example of a horror monster is Cloverfield. This movie is about an alien attacking New York and reeking havoc on all of the people residing there.










Horror Teen:
In these types of movies these are usually mellowed down a bit for teen viewers, but are usually based on facts that teenagers usually go throughout. Either their prom, going to a party or going camping with a group of friends. An example is Prom Night. In this film, Donna, is ready to have the time of her life at her senior prom with friends at a fancy hotel. But the killer who killed her mum, dad and brother is ready to get her at her prom.






Horror Supernatural:
In these types of movies they are all to with the demonic spirits and extraterrestrial creatures. An example of this is Paranormal Activity. In this movie a couple become disturbed by a demonic presence, which then takes over Katie and she ends up attacking everyone around her.










Horror Psychological:
In these types of movies these usually make the audience have to think about the story and a big twist normally happens in between to make the audience reconsider what they already thought. An example is The Ward. In this movie Kristen, gets institutionalized to a mental home, she then gets haunted by a ghost called Alice, who is killing all of the patients around her. A dramatic twist happens at the end, and it ends up being something you would never expect.





Horror Musical:
In these types of movies they are usually horror related but have continuous singing throughout. An example is Sweeny Todd. In this movie, Benjamin Barker a.k.a. Sweeny Todd, sets up his own barbershop with his tenant Mrs. Lovett, who end up having a sinister partnership of killing people and putting them into Mrs. Lovett pies.







There are all different types of horror movies, that all fall into different Sub-Genres e.g. Slasher, Thriller or Comedy. Each of these sub-genres bring something different to movie, either they make the audience want to hide behind a pillow or make them want to laugh out loud.

In a horror movie I expect to either be scared out my brain or so scared I can’t even sleep at night without having mental pictures of them. In a comedy movie I also expect to be laughing madly but still be slightly scared at what I’m seeing. I like to also be surprised at the ending of the horror movie, and think to myself ‘What just happened here?’ 

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