The document discusses the horror genre and its various subgenres. It defines the purpose and conventions of the main horror genre, which is to scare audiences. It also outlines several classic horror films that helped establish the genre. Additionally, it examines several horror subgenres like comedy horror, supernatural horror, and documentary horror. It provides examples of films for each subgenre and discusses their purposes, such as providing humor to fears for comedy horror or realism for documentary horror. It also notes that the horror comedy subgenre was established in the 1920s to appeal to broader audiences by adding humor.

1. What is genre?......

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Horror
The purpose of the genre horror is to scare, terrify and frighten the
audience. The rush that a horror movie provides, gives the audience a
taste of an aspect in life that we often never really experience.
The general conventions of the horror genre:
 chase scenes,
 isolated locations,
 tense music (pace of music gets louder and much quicker at frightful
scenes)
 supernatural events(ghosts, objects moving by themselves) ,
 Dark lighting,
 victims being trapped,
 unusual children
The horror genre was established in the 60s. The genre emerged
because The first ever person who created horror wanted to create a
film to give an adrenaline rush. Horror movies give us an adrenaline
rush in ways that we could never feel otherwise.

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Some examples of classic films to represent the genre at the time when it was
established are .....
Le Manoir de Diable Nosferatu Frankenstein
Convention of Le Manoir de Diable : Convention of Frankenstein:
Convention of noseferatu: Sucks the murders his father with shotgun.
Haunted house (Haunted houses are a blood out of victims (blood is a
convention of horror (killing and weapons are both
convention of horror) conventions of horror)

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Alien
Hybrid
Scary movie
Hybrid
Sci-fi horror
Sub-genre The Skeleton key
Comedy horror Hybrid
Sub-genre Horror
supernatural
Horror
documentary
Sub-genre
Horror Sub-genre
Horror
romance
Sub-genre
Blair witch project
Hybrid Horror thriller
Sub-genre Horror My bloody valentine
Jeepers creepers
mystery Hybrid
Hybrid Disaster horror Sub-genre
Sub-genre
The killing room
Hybrid
Final destination
Hybrid
Conventions of comedy horror:
 Blonde bimbos,
 A clumsy villain,
 Exaggerated blood scenes(unrealistic and silly)

5. Examples of films to represent the sub-genre, comedy romance are .... Green
Scary movie Shaun of the dead Dahmer vs gacy
An 18-year-old girl named Drew An uprising of zombies has A Government plot gone awry:
Decker receives a threatening overwhelmed the town, but Shaun The DNA of serial killers is being
phone call while home alone one is too busy dealing with his kept on a secret base, in order to
night. problems and too hung-over to create the perfect killing
notice. machine.

6. • Purpose of comedy horror: To provide something that dramatic horror films do not, “the
permission to laugh at your fears”
• Purpose of horror romance: To give the audience a completely different interpretation of
horror, the fact that horror and romance are totally different creates something new.
• Purpose of supernatural horror: To give the audience a sense of fear and intensity
• Purpose of horror mystery: Creates a feel of suspence and fear to the audience
• Purpose of Documentary horror : Makes the film appear more realistic which creates even
more horror.
• Purpose of disaster horror : Takes the focal point away from a villain which differs from usual
horror

7. Horror comedy
When horror comedy established
The sub-genre horror comedy was established in the 1920’s in the era of silent
film, the source material for early comedy horror films came from the stager
performances instead of literature.
Why horror comedy was established
The sub-genre comedy horror emerged because it wanted to satisfy those who
horror didn't entirely appeal to and add a humorous comic feel to it. Attracting
more people.