PowerPoint about horror movie subcultures

1. Horror sub genres
BY ANTONIO TURKOGLU

2. Body horror
 a horror film genre in which the main feature is the graphically depicted
destruction or degeneration of a human body or bodies
 Directors include David Cronenberg
 Cabin fever is a good example as we can see the human
bodies experience a reaction where they all die in a very
horrific way.

3. Comedy horrors
 Combines elements of horror and comedy fiction
 Almost always inevitably crosses with black comedy
 Examples include scary movie, shaun of the dead and gremlins
 They all contain elements of horror movies such as gore and jump scares but also
make us laugh

4. Gothic horror
 Some of the earliest horror movies were a cross of horror and gothic
 They include: castles, dungeons, ruined landscapes, magic and the supernatural
 Examples include Dracula and Frankenstein

5. Psychological horror
 These kinds of horrors rely on a charcaters fears, guilt, belief emotional instability
and at times the supernatural to build the tension and further the plot
 Examples include the ring and the exorcist
 The horror of these movies come from the reality of them.

6. Science fiction horror
 Often deals with the paranormal but isn’t limited to mad scientists or the classic
experiments going wrong.
 These kinds of movies include aliens and other kinds of species that kill
 An example of a science fiction horror movie is alien.

7. Slasher horror films
 This subgenre includes a lot of violence
 It usually includes serial killers with a particular weapon they use to kill people
 They include themes of suspense and can often be built on crime
 Examples include Texas chainsaw massacre where the killer uses a
Chainsaw as his weapon

8. Zombie horror films
 Zombie horror films include corpses or people that have lost their minds and are
unaware of the world around them
 They mainly have two main goals which are to feed and to kill
 Examples include dawn of the dead