Action Horror - A subgenre combining the intrusion of an evil force or event in horror movies with the comibination of gun fights, and frentic chases of the action genre. Themes iclude blood, demons, and most commonly zombies. Examples include - Resident Evil, Underworld, Priest and Constantine
Body Horror - The horror is principally deprived from the graphic destrusctiuon of the body, other types of body horror include incorrect placement of limbs. Exmples include - Teeth, Cabin Fever and The Fly
Comedy Horror - The combination of elements from both the comedy and horror genre. Examples include - Shaun of the Dead, Eight Legged Freaks, Slither and Beetlejuice
Gothic Horror - Gothic horror is a type of story that contains the key element horror. At times it may have romance that unfolds in the setting of a horror tale, usually suspenseful. Examples include - Interview with a Vampire, The Phantom of the Opera, The Wolfman and Dorian Gray
Natural Horror - A sub-genre of horror films "featuring nature running in the form of mutated beasts, carnivorous insects, and normally harmless animals or plants turned into cold-blooded killers." This genre may sometimes overlap with the science fiction and action/adventure genre. Examples include - Tyhe Birds, Black Sheep, Jaws, The Swarm, Them! and Lake Placid
Psycological Terror - Relies on characters' fears, guilt, beliefs, eerie sound effects, relevant music, emotional instability and at times, the ghosts and supernatural beings futher brings the plot and builds tension. Examples Include - The Blair Witch Project, Silent Hill, The Others and Dark Water
Science Fiction Horror - Often revolves around subjects that include but are not limited to killer aliens, mad scientists, and/or experiments gone wrong. Examples Include - Alien, Predator, The Fly, Pitch Black and Apollo 18
Slasher Film - Often revolves around a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, mainly with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe, foten combinging the the crime and thriller game. Examples Include - Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Scream, Friday the 13th and Childs Play
Splatter Film - These films deliberately focus on graphic portrayals of graphic violence. Through the use of special effects and excessive blood, they tend to display an interest of the vunrability of the human body. Examples include - Pirahna 3D, Blood Feast, Saw and Inside
Zombie Film - Zombie films feature creatures who are usually portrayed as either reanimated corpses or mindless human beings. Examples include - Dawn of the Dead, Quarintene, Day of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead
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