When you hear the word “Horror” you feel afraid and assumes that you are in danger. Yes, you should be. But it does not mean Horror movies only change your feelings from normal to fearful. Although, children feel uncomfortable.
The Horror movies are usually designed to scare and create anxiety in the audience. These movies are usually worrying and terrifying whose purpose is to scare the audience through the worst pictures and nightmares. Horror movies usually center on the arrival of an evil force, person, or event. Many Horror movies include legendary creatures such as vampires, ghosts and zombies. Traditionally, Horror movies incorporate a large amount of violence and slaughter into the plot. However, it has its own style, Horror movie often intersections into imaginary, thriller, and science-fiction types.
Horror movies aim is to create panic and fear in the audience. There are different types of Horror movies, below are the top Horror movies;
Horror movies for teenagers is a kind of movie that entirely focus around a teenager or a group of teenagers. Normally, large cast and a clear hero or heroines are hired for casting in this type of movie. The teenager horror movies contain traditional teenage issues, such as dating and prom, and then turning them into suspenseful and thrilling situations.
Best examples of Teenager movies are “I Know What You Did Last Summer”, “Scream and Texas Chainsaw Massacre”.
“I know what you did last summer” was a story about four high school students; Julie, Barry, Helen and Ray who accidentally killed a young boy who was going home on a bike from a party. It was just an accident. All four decided to keep this accident a secret but the twist was that someone start torturing them about what they have done and was wanted to kill them. This movie is a great combination of thriller, mystery and horror.
A Monster movie is a type of Horror movie that emphasis on the struggle among human beings and a monster(s). Often, the monster in the movie has been created because of occurrence of wrong experiment. In this Horror Monster movie type, monster usually plays the role of villain and the movie represents a hero or a heroine that eventually saves the world from the monster. Even though these movies normally fall into the Horror genre, Monster movies have a long tradition within Science Fiction effects and within Fantasy movie as well.
Best examples of Monster movies are “Aliens”, “Godzilla” and “Creature from the Black Lagoon”.
“Aliens” is a British-American science fiction horror film. The film’s title refers to a highly violent alien creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. The film was deemed culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.
Slasher movie is a sub sort of Horror movie that turns around a psychopathic killer. In this movie killer refuses and murders his victims in exceptionally violent and memorable ways. This movie focuses on a particular killer. Moreover, “the violence” in the movie sets Slasher movies apart from other horror movies. A Slasher movie devotes more play time on portraying murder and mayhem than a traditional Horror movie.
Best examples of Slasher movies are “Halloween”, “My Bloody Valentine and Black Christmas”.
Halloween is an American film. The film follows the story of Psychopath who is admitted to hospital after killing his old sister, as she had a sex with her boyfriend. 15 years later he breaks out and then return to his home town, stalking and killing teenagers on Halloween night.
Supernatural Horror movie is a sub type that includes demons, ghosts and other portrayals of paranormal occurrences. Often, Supernatural Horror movies combine basics of religion into the strategy. Common themes in Supernatural-Horror movies include the afterlife, the devil, and demonic possession. Unlike Religious Thrillers, Supernatural Horror movies are not limited to specific religious elements and can contain more brilliant and horrible violence.
Best examples of Supernatural movies are “The Exorcist”, “The Ring and The Omen”.
“The Exorcist” story was adapted by William Peter Battly from his 1971 novel of the same name. The novel, inspired by the 1949 exorcism of Roland Doe, deals with the demonic possession of a 12-year old girl and her mother’s attempts to win back her child through an exorcism conducted by two priests.
Zombie movie is a sub type of Horror movie that portrays boring human beings who are raised from the dead. These movies often include a Zombie invasion and focus around Zombies feasting on human surface. The conspiracy of a Zombie movie then turns around the struggle between the living and the living after dead. Zombie movie not only falls into the Horror category, but Sci-Fi, Thriller, and Comedy category as well.
Best examples of Zombie movies are “Night of the Living Dead”, “Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later”.
“Night of the Living Dead” is a 1968 American independent horror film. Film was deeply criticized at its release for its explicit violence. It eventually garnered critical approval. The story follows characters Ben (Jones), Barbra (O’Dea), and five others surrounded in a rural farmhouse in Western Pennsylvania, which is attacked by a large and growing group of unnamed “living dead” monsters drawing on earlier depictions in popular culture of the ghoul, which has led this type of creature to be referred to most popularly as a zombie.
This type of movie combines comedy with traditional horror movie subjects and characters. Because of the subject matter, Horror Comedy movies can cross over into the Black Comedy sub type. Horror Comedy movies goal is to scare the audience, but also provide laughable outlets that let the audience laugh at their fear.
Best examples of Horror Comedy movies are “Beetle juice”, “Zombie land” and “Shaun of the Dead”.
“Beetle juice” story was about a recently deceased young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who become ghosts haunting their former home, and an obnoxious, devious ghost.
Further of above, the best way to appreciate horror films is to watch them. However, it is also more important to have some sense of a film’s background, both the wider socio historical background against which it was made and also it’s imaginative outline.
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