Horror Genres

Sub-genres of horror

Action Horror - Combines the intrusion of evil, an event or the supernatural in horror films with the gun fights and frantic chases that are performed. These include most commonly zombies, along with demons, gore, vicious animals and vampires, e.g. Dawn of the Dead, From Dusk till Dawn and Blade.

Body Horror - Where horror is generated from the degeneration or deconstruction of the human body. Limbs are used to create monsters out of human body parts or unnatural movements and dysfunction to create fear, e.g. Teeth, The Invasion and Cabin Fever

Comedy Horror - Comedy horror is a literary and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Comedy horror has been described as able to be categorized under three types: "black comedy, parody and spoof." The genre almost inevitably crosses over with the black comedy genre,
e.g. Scary movie, Shaun of the Dead and Gremlins.

Psychological Horror - Relies on character fears, guilt and belief, emotional instability and at times the supernatural to build the tension and further the plot, e.g. The Shining, The Ring and The Exorcist.

Gothic Horror - These films usually includes features such as castles, ruined landscapes, dungeons, extreme landscapes and magic/supernatural, e.g. Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy.

Science Fiction Horror - Usually uses paranormal and sometimes can involve experiments going wrong, e.g. Alien and The Mist.

Slasher Horror - Slasher films involve a series of violent murders or assaults by an attacker armed with weapons such as a knife or razor, e.g. Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween.

Zombie Horror - Zombie films portray viral reliving corpses/mindless humans that feed off the living, e.g. Night of the living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and I am Legend.