1. JONATHAN JURADO
RAMIREZ
CODE: 63101057
Film Genres
“Horror”
Jonathan Jurado Ramírez
Code: 63101057
English 2
Teacher: Camilo Cárdenas
Horror film is a genre that aims to
create a sense of fear, panic,
alarm, and dread for the audience.
These films are often unsettling
and rely on scaring the audience
through a portrayal of their worst
fears and nightmares. Horror films
usually center on the arrival of an
evil force, person, or event. Many
Horror films include mythical crea-
tures such as ghosts, vampires,
and zombies. Traditionally, Horror
films incorporate a large amount of
violence and gore into the plot.
Though it has its own style, Horror
film often overlaps into Fantasy,
Thriller, and Science-Fiction gen-
res.
¡¡ Horror !!
Freddy
Krueger, an
evil being
from another
world, stalks
a group of
teenagers
and kills
them
through their
A Nightmare on Elm
Street
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Examples of Horror Film:
Two men are held
hostage by a psy-
chopath, who is
set on teaching
his victims the
value of life by
putting them into
demented life or
death games.
S a w
- While trying to re-open
a summer camp, a
group of camp counsel-
ors are mysteriously
murdered by a machete
swinging slasher.
Friday the 13th

2. Examples: I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream,
Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Monster-Horror
A Monster film is sub-genre of Horror that centers on a
struggle between human beings and a monster(s). Often,
the monster in the film has been created in an
“experiment gone wrong.” The monster usually serves as
a villain, and the film portrays a hero or heroine that ulti-
mately saves the world from the monster. Although these
movies commonly fall into the Horror genre, Monster
films have a long tradition within Science-Fiction and
Fantasy film as well.
Examples: Aliens, Godzilla, Creature from the Black La-
goon.
Zombie-Horror
Zombie film is a sub-genre of Horror film that portrays
mindless human beings who are raised from the dead.
These films often include a Zombie invasion, and center
around Zombies feasting on human flesh. The plot of a
Sub-genres of Horror
Comedy-Horror
Comedy-Horror combines comedy with traditional
horror movie themes and characters. Because of
the subject matter, Comedy-Horror films can
cross over into the Black Comedy sub-genre.
Comedy-Horror films aim to scare the audience,
but also provide comical outlets that let the audi-
ence laugh at their fear.
Examples: Beetlejuice, Zombieland, Shaun of the
Dead.
Teen-Horror
Teen-Horror is a sub-genre that revolves com-
pletely around a teenager or a group of teenag-
ers. Typically, these movies have a large cast and
a clear hero or heroine. Teen-Horror films often
play upon traditional teenage issues, such as
dating and prom, and turn them into suspenseful
and thrilling situations.
Zombie film then revolves around the struggle be-
tween the living, and the living-dead. Zombie film
not only falls into the Horror genre, but Sci-Fi,
Thriller, and Comedy as well.
Examples: Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the
Dead, 28 Days Later, Resident evil
Monster-Horror
A Monster film is sub-genre of Horror that centers
on a struggle between human beings and a mon-
ster(s). Often, the monster in the film has been
created in an “experiment gone wrong.” The mon-
ster usually serves as a villain, and the film por-
trays a hero or heroine that ultimately saves the
world from the monster. Although these movies
commonly fall into the Horror genre, Monster films
have a long tradition within Science-Fiction and
Fantasy film as well.
Examples: Aliens, Godzilla, Creature from the Black
Lagoon.
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