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Sub-genre horror film research
Action horror
Zombie film
“This category has 5
subcategories such as: Blade, Matrial Arts, Phillipine Action, Resident Evil
and Underworld. Some film examples include Dawn of the Dead, Predator, Aliens
and Horrors of War. They merge horror and action into one film”.
Comedy horror
This category merges comedy and horror
together literally. They can be categorised under “Spoof”, “Black Comedy” or
“Parody.” Horror Comedy will often use satire on
horror cliches as its main source of humour or take a story in a different
perspective, such as “The Cabin
in the Woods” and “Tucker
& Dale vs. Evil”. In horror comedy film, gallows humour is
a common element. While horror comedy films provide scares for audiences, they
also provide something that dramatic horror films do
not: "the permission to laugh at your fears, to whistle past the cinematic
graveyard and feel secure in the knowledge that the monsters can't get
you".
Zombie film
“Zombie films include fictional creatures
portrayed as reanimated corpses or infected humans. Cannibalism is a feature in
these films and they fall under the horror genre, but can cross over into
others such as comedy, science fiction, thrillers or romance. Zombies are
distinct from ghosts, vampires or mummies so these types of undead aren’t
included in this category. Some film examples include ‘Zombie Apocalypse’, ‘White
Zombie’ and ‘28 Days Later’”.
Psychological Horror
“Psychological horror is a
subgenre of horror literature, film, television and video games (as a
narrative) which relies on the character's mental and emotional instability to
frighten readers, viewers or players. Psychological horror aims to create
discomfort by exposing common or universal psychological and emotional
vulnerabilities/fears and revealing the darker parts of the human psyche that
most people may repress or deny. Themes include suspicion, distrust, self-doubt
and paranoia of others, themselves and the world”.
Slasher film
“Typically involving a violent
psychopath murdering several victims, usually with bladed tools. Most believe
that the genre's peak occurred in American films released during the 1970s and
1980s. Another sub-genre term for this could be a “splatter film”. Some slasher
films include ‘Scream’, ‘Halloween’ and ‘Maniac’.”
Science fiction horror
“Is a subgenre of science fiction
and horror films put together, often revolving around subjects that include but
are not limited to alien invasions, mad scientists, and/or experiments gone
wrong. Some sci-fi films include ‘Alien’, ‘The Thing’ and ‘Cube’.”
Gothic horror
“Is a genre or mode of literature
and film that combines fiction and horror, death, and at times romance. The
effect of Gothic fiction feeds on a pleasing sort of terror, an extension of
Romantic literary pleasures. It originated in England in the second half of the
18th century. Some gothic horror films include ‘Dracula’, ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Wuthering
Heights’.
Body horror
“In which the horror is principally derived from the graphic destruction or degeneration of the body. Such works may deal with decay, disease, parasitism, mutation, or mutilation. Other types of body horror include unnatural movements, or the anatomically incorrect placement of limbs to create "monsters" from human body parts”.
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