horrorgenres
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SUB-GENRES IN HORROR
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ACTION HORROR• ACTION HORROR IS A SUB-GENRE THAT COMBINES THE INTRUSION OF
EVIL, AN EVENT OR THE SUPERNATURAL IN HORROR FILMS WITH THE GUN FIGHTS AND FRANTIC CHASES THAT ARE PERFORMED IN ACTION-GENRE..
• THEMES AND ELEMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN PREVALENT IN ACTION-HORROR INCLUDE MOST COMMONLY ZOMBIES, ALONG WITH DEMONS, GORE, VICIOUS ANIMALS AND VAMPIRES.
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE, DAWN OF THE DEAD, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN AND BLADE
• THIS CATEGORY ALSO FUSES THE FANTASY HORROR GENRE, FOR EXAMPLE RESIDENT EVIL, GHOST RIDER AND PLANET TERROR
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BODY HORROR• WHERE HORROR IN GENERATED FROM THE DEGENERATION OR
DECONSTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN BODY. LIMBS USE D TO CREATE MONSTERS OUT OF HUMAN BODY PARTS., OR UNNATURAL MOVEMENTS AND DYSFUNCTION TO CREATE FEAR.
• DAVID CRONENBERG IS A WELL KNOWN DIRECTOR FOR THIS TYPE OF GENRE.
• SOME BODY HORROR FILMS INCLUDE, TEETH, THE INVASION AND CABIN FEVER.
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COMEDY HORROR• COMBINES ELEMENTS OF COMEDY AND HORROR FICTION. THE HORROR
GENRE ALMOST ALWAYS INEVITABLY CROSSES OVER WITH BLACK COMEDY. • THE FILM “THE LEGEND OF THE SLEEPY HOLLOW” IS CITED TO BE THE
FIRST AND GREATEST COMEDY-HORROR GENRE.. • EXAMPLES INCLUDE. SCARY MOVIE , SLITHER ,SHAUN OF THE DEAD AND
GREMLINS.
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GOTHIC HORROR• GOTHIC HORROR CONTAINS BOT ELEMENTS OF GOTHIC AND HORROR.
SOME OF THE EARLIEST HORROR MOVIES WERE OF THIS GENRE.. • GOTHIC HORROR FILMS NORMALLY INCLUDES FEATURES SUCH AS
CASTLES, DUNGEONS RUINED LANDSCAPES , EXTREME LANDSCAPES AND MAGIC/THE SUPERNATURAL..
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MUMMY
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PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR• RELIES ON A CHARACTERS FEARS, GUILT AND BELIEF , EMOTIONAL
INSTABILITY AND AT TIMES THE SUPERNATURAL TO BUILD THE TENSION AND FURTHER THE PLOT. THE HORROR COMES FROM THE REALITY OF THIS PARTICULAR SUB GENRE..
• EXAMPLES INCLUDE, THE SHINING, THE RING AND THE EXORCIST
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SCIENCE FICTION HORROR• OFTEN DEALS WITH THE PARANORMAL BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO MAD
SCIENTISTS AND /OR EXPERIMENTS GOING WRONG.• THIS GENRE CAN ALSO DEAL WITH THE FEAR OF TECHNOLOGY• EXAMPLES INCLUDE ALIEN AND THE MIST
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SLASHER FILM• THIS SUBGENRE DEALS WITH A LOT OF VIOLENCE WHICH USUALLY
REVOLVES AROUND A PSYCHOPATHIC SERIAL KILLER STALKING AND KILLING A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF VICTIMS. THE KILLER USUALLY USES A SPECIFIC WEAPON OF CHOICE TO KILL HIS VICTIM.
• SLASHER FILMS ARE ALSO BUILT UP ON A LOT OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE AND MAY SOMETIMES OVERLAP WITH CRIME.
• EXAMPLE INCLUDE, PSYCHO, THE TEXAS CHAINS SAW MASSACRE AND PROM NIGHT
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ZOMBIE FILM • ZOMBIE FILMS PORTRAY VIRAL RELIVING CORPSES/ MINDLESS HUMANS
THAT FEED OFF OF THE LIVING. • EXAMPLES INCLUDE, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD , DAWN OF THE DEAD
AND I AM LEGEND