Horror

Horror movies are one of the few genres that have the ability to make audiences love or hate the genre, to deride excitement or fear and disgust from what they are watching. The horror movies industry is built on the need that audiences have to explore the unknown and look into the truly dark corners of the world and people’s minds, all from the safety of their seat.

Designed to unsettling and frighten an audience, horror movies have taken on many different forms over the years to suit all the different fears that audiences have felt, either for their own safety or for the greater community and social concerns.

The focus of horror films has changed and evolved over time, with some of the most common styles being ghost or supernatural horror, slasher horror, gothic, psychological horror or suspense.

Themes explored by horror films tend to stay with the primal fears and concerns of people, with the unknown, death, pain, sexuality, alienation and being lost principle factors usually incorporated into a standard horror movie.

The different styles of horror films and the progressing of the genre throughout cinematic history is quite diverse with aliens and monsters, strangers, enemies, supernatural beings or curses and demons all being used to represent some primal fear or concern that an individual may have. Furthermore, recent horror movies have begun to show the influence of blending eastern and western horror themes, with western gore and violence mixed with eastern supernatural beings and the unexplainable.

Overall, horror movies are perhaps one of the more select genres, but attract the strongest following of audiences.

Examples of an Horror movie the 30 Days of Night and The Final Destination: