Zombie Horror
What is Horror? Horror is the creating of fear and terror that creates adrenaline within the audience.
What defines as a zombie? The soul taken out of the body, but the body with life still in it.
Where did zombie Horror originate from? Haitan Voodoo culture. 20th century America in films, White Zombie was the first in 1932. Later in the 1960's was when zombie Horror really started to develop.
Original zombie Horror films? Frankenstein (1931), Revolt of the Zombies (1936), The devil’s daughter (1939).
What is the fascination with it? ‘Zombie movies tap into our apocalyptic fears and anxieties very effectively’ – Peter Dendle
What other media is linked with the sub genre? Zombie Apocalypse (book), Warm Bodies (book), Dead City (book), Day by Day Armageddon (book). Call of Duty (Game), Corpse Craft (Game), Evil Dead (Game).
Are there common conventions of zombie Horror? Tight community of protagonists, isolation, apocalyptic world, slow and fast pace, abandoned locations, urban, survival.
Recent examples of zombie orror? Life after Beth (2014), Zombie Night (2013), The Zombie King (2013), World War Z (2013), Warm Bodies (2013).
What defines as a zombie? The soul taken out of the body, but the body with life still in it.
Where did zombie Horror originate from? Haitan Voodoo culture. 20th century America in films, White Zombie was the first in 1932. Later in the 1960's was when zombie Horror really started to develop.
Original zombie Horror films? Frankenstein (1931), Revolt of the Zombies (1936), The devil’s daughter (1939).
What is the fascination with it? ‘Zombie movies tap into our apocalyptic fears and anxieties very effectively’ – Peter Dendle
What other media is linked with the sub genre? Zombie Apocalypse (book), Warm Bodies (book), Dead City (book), Day by Day Armageddon (book). Call of Duty (Game), Corpse Craft (Game), Evil Dead (Game).
Are there common conventions of zombie Horror? Tight community of protagonists, isolation, apocalyptic world, slow and fast pace, abandoned locations, urban, survival.
Recent examples of zombie orror? Life after Beth (2014), Zombie Night (2013), The Zombie King (2013), World War Z (2013), Warm Bodies (2013).
PSYCHOLOGICAL horror
What is Horror? Horror is the creating of fear and terror that creates adrenaline within the audience.
What defines as a psychological? of, affecting, or arising in the mind; related to the mental and emotional state of a person.
Where did pyschological Horror originate from? Originated from a lot of books such as those by Stephen King.
Original pyschological Horror films? Psycho (1960), Repulsion (1965), Rosemary's Baby (1968).
What is the fascination with it? It plays on your paranoia, and adds more suspense and terror to the audience.
What other media is linked with the sub-genre? Books such as The Shining.
Are there common conventions of psychological Horror? Deals with the supernatural, or mind-related psychological issues.
Recent examples of psychological Horror? The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Black Swan (2010), Citadel (2012).
What defines as a psychological? of, affecting, or arising in the mind; related to the mental and emotional state of a person.
Where did pyschological Horror originate from? Originated from a lot of books such as those by Stephen King.
Original pyschological Horror films? Psycho (1960), Repulsion (1965), Rosemary's Baby (1968).
What is the fascination with it? It plays on your paranoia, and adds more suspense and terror to the audience.
What other media is linked with the sub-genre? Books such as The Shining.
Are there common conventions of psychological Horror? Deals with the supernatural, or mind-related psychological issues.
Recent examples of psychological Horror? The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Black Swan (2010), Citadel (2012).
Comedy horror
What is Horror? Horror is the creating of fear and terror that creates adrenaline within the audience.
What defines as a comedy? Entertainment, full of jokes and sketches intended to make an audience laugh.
Where did comedy Horror originate from? Originated from 1920s stage shows, when playwrights started adding more horror to their shows, such as a haunted house and monster stories.
Original comedy Horror films? Haunted Spooks (1920), The Haunted House (1921), The Ghost Breaker (1922).
What is the fascination with it? Allows you to relax and laugh at the fears you have while watching real Horror films.
What other media is linked with the sub genre? Magazines, such as Scream and Fangoria.
Are there common conventions of comedy Horror? Unexpected situation, Ordinary character, a source of fear, specific characters behaviour and attitude.
Recent examples of comedy Horror? Gremlins (1984), Scary Movie (2000), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Vampire Academy (2014).
What defines as a comedy? Entertainment, full of jokes and sketches intended to make an audience laugh.
Where did comedy Horror originate from? Originated from 1920s stage shows, when playwrights started adding more horror to their shows, such as a haunted house and monster stories.
Original comedy Horror films? Haunted Spooks (1920), The Haunted House (1921), The Ghost Breaker (1922).
What is the fascination with it? Allows you to relax and laugh at the fears you have while watching real Horror films.
What other media is linked with the sub genre? Magazines, such as Scream and Fangoria.
Are there common conventions of comedy Horror? Unexpected situation, Ordinary character, a source of fear, specific characters behaviour and attitude.
Recent examples of comedy Horror? Gremlins (1984), Scary Movie (2000), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Vampire Academy (2014).
Slasher
What is Horror? Horror is the creating of fear and terror that creates adrenaline within the audience.
What defines as a slasher? A Horror film, especially one depicting a series of violent murders or assaults by an attacker armed with a knife or razor.
Where did slasher films originate from? Agatha Christie's mystery novels had an impact on slasher films, bringing in the idea of the villain being hidden.
Original slasher films? Thirteen Women (1932), The Leopard Man (1943), Psycho (1960).
What is the fascination with it? We can watch things that we cant see in real life. We are at a safe distance, yet still realistically watching it.
What other media is linked with the sub genre? Video games such as Until Dawn and Bloodforge.
Are there common conventions of slasher films? The killer, weapons, the victim, the setting.
Recent examples of slasher films? Wrong Turn (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), The Strangers (2008), My Bloody Valentine (2009).
What defines as a slasher? A Horror film, especially one depicting a series of violent murders or assaults by an attacker armed with a knife or razor.
Where did slasher films originate from? Agatha Christie's mystery novels had an impact on slasher films, bringing in the idea of the villain being hidden.
Original slasher films? Thirteen Women (1932), The Leopard Man (1943), Psycho (1960).
What is the fascination with it? We can watch things that we cant see in real life. We are at a safe distance, yet still realistically watching it.
What other media is linked with the sub genre? Video games such as Until Dawn and Bloodforge.
Are there common conventions of slasher films? The killer, weapons, the victim, the setting.
Recent examples of slasher films? Wrong Turn (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), The Strangers (2008), My Bloody Valentine (2009).
Sci-Fi Horror
What is Horror? Horror is the creating of fear and terror that creates adrenaline within the audience.
What defines as a sci-fi? Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
Where did sci-fi Horror originate from? Sci-Fi Horror originated around the 1950s, when movie writers tried mixing the science fiction element with Horror, for example a threat of alien invasion.
Original sci-fi horror films? The War of the Worlds (1953), Alien (1979), The Thing (1982).
What is the fascination with it? A mix of things which are un-known to us, but we are still scared of them.
What other media is linked with the sub genre? Books are also popular with this genre, such as The War of the World and Frankenstein.
Are there common conventions of sci-fi Horror? Futuristic unknown setting and characters, made to give us a fright.
Recent examples of sci-fi Horror? 28 Days Later (2002), Resident Evil (2002), The Mist (2007), Pandorum (2007).
What defines as a sci-fi? Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
Where did sci-fi Horror originate from? Sci-Fi Horror originated around the 1950s, when movie writers tried mixing the science fiction element with Horror, for example a threat of alien invasion.
Original sci-fi horror films? The War of the Worlds (1953), Alien (1979), The Thing (1982).
What is the fascination with it? A mix of things which are un-known to us, but we are still scared of them.
What other media is linked with the sub genre? Books are also popular with this genre, such as The War of the World and Frankenstein.
Are there common conventions of sci-fi Horror? Futuristic unknown setting and characters, made to give us a fright.
Recent examples of sci-fi Horror? 28 Days Later (2002), Resident Evil (2002), The Mist (2007), Pandorum (2007).