The Nature and Effectiveness of Horror Films: Horror films are unsettling films made to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to effect and reveal our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking ways while entertaining us at the same time in an experience. Horror films effectively center on the dark side of life, the forbidden, strange and alarming events. They deal with our vulnerable sides and fears, our nightmares, our alienation, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality. Horror films are also known as chillers, scary movies, spookfests, and the macabre.
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Types of Horror Films:
Slasher
Macabre (gothic)
Psychological
Suspense
Slasher flicks: Halloween, Friday the 13th, Saw, The Scream Series, The Hitcher, Slumber Party Massacre, Freddy Krugar: Nightmare on Elm Street.
Monster Movies: An American werewolf in London, Alien, The Blob, Poltergeist.
Smart/Psychological Horror: Rosemary's Baby, The Devil's Advocate, Event Horizon, Silence Of The Lambs.
Gore Galore: Dead Alive, Dead Alive 2, Living Dead Series, Event Horizon, Wishmaster.
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