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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 24. Chapters: Horror film, After Dark Horrorfest, Scream queen, List of comedy-horror films, Shriekfest, List of horror films before 1920, La Horde, Bloody Disgusting, Panzer 88, Mortis Rex, Bollywood horror films, Shock Theater, Sin-Jin Smyth, Night of the Dead, Horror film score, Se los chupo la bruja, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, All Flowers in Time, Haunted, Le Manoir du diable, The Bat People, Macabre, 10 Pound Horror Film, Psychosis, Noctambulous, Bled, The Sealed Room, Nobody Ordered Love, Satan Hates You, The Infernal Boiling Pot, The Curse of the Wraydons, La cruz del diablo, Alias John Preston, Death from Above, The Mutations, The Darkest Night, Revenge of the Bogey Man, The Headless Eyes, Horrorthon. Excerpt: Horror films are unsettling movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust and horror from viewers. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres. Horrors also frequently overlap with the thriller genre. Horror films deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden worst fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Although a good deal of it is about the supernatural, if some films contain a plot about morbidity, serial killers, a disease/virus outbreak and surrealism, they may be termed "horror." Plots written within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Themes or elements often prevalent in typical horror films include ghosts, torture, gore, werewolves, ancient curses, satanism, demons, vicious animals, vampires, cannibals, haunted houses, zombies and serial killers. Conversely, stories of the supernatural are not necessarily always a horror movie as w... (less)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 24. Chapters: Horror film, After Dark Horrorfest, Scream queen, (…more)