Horror film
Film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
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Film genre
Stylistic or thematic category for motion pictures based on similarities either in the narrative elements, aesthetic approach, or the emotional response to the film.
Stylistic or thematic category for motion pictures based on similarities either in the narrative elements, aesthetic approach, or the emotional response to the film.
A film's genre will influence the use of filmmaking styles and techniques, such as the use of flashbacks and low-key lighting in film noir; tight framing in horror films; or fonts that look like rough-hewn logs for the titles of Western films.
Slasher film
A slasher film is a genre of horror films involving a killer stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed tools.
Supernatural horror film
Supernatural horror film is a film genre that combines aspects of horror film and supernatural film.
Comedy horror
Literary, television, and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction.
Literary, television, and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction.
While comedy horror 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".
Body horror
Body horror or biological horror is a subgenre of horror that intentionally showcases grotesque or psychologically disturbing violations of the human body.
German Expressionism (cinema)
German Expressionism (Deutscher Expressionismus) consisted of several related creative movements in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin during the 1920s.
German Expressionism (Deutscher Expressionismus) consisted of several related creative movements in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin during the 1920s.
Two genres that were especially influenced by Expressionism are horror film and film noir.
Alien (film)
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon.
Dario Argento
Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and critic.
Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and critic.
His influential work in the horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror".
Folk horror
Folk horror is a subgenre of horror film for cinema or television that uses elements of folklore to invoke fear in its audience.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American supernatural slasher-horror media franchise consisting of nine films, a television series, novels, comic books, and various other media.