Horror films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time. Horror films effectively centre on the dark side of life, the forbidden, and strange and alarming events. They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares; our vulnerability; our alienation; our revulsion's; our terror of the unknown; our fear of death and dismemberment; loss of identity; or fear of sexuality.Horror films are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. The fantasy and supernatural film genres are not synonymous with the horror genre, although thriller films may have some relation when they focus on the revolting and horrible acts of the killer/madman.
Horror films go back over 100 years ago. From our earliest days, we use our vivid imagination to see shadowy shapes as ghosts, to be emotionally connected to the unknown and to fear things that are improbable. Watching a horror film gives an opening into that scary world, into an outlet for the essence of fear itself, without actually being in danger. We experience a very real thrill and fun factor in being scared or watching disturbing, horrific images, this comes down to our knowledge of knowing we are in no sort of danger but visually we feel like we are a part of the film. So we experience the adrenalin we would, if faced with what we were viewing, but its controlled as we know it’s not real.
Horror films like all film genres have a basic predictable story line. All the 'different' horror films produced are in fact linked with each other in most ways. We think they are different due to subtle changes the producer makes so the film that he is producing is better than previous films in the past. These are known as the horror films codes and conventions. In horror films, the irrational forces of chaos or horror invariably need to be defeated, and often these films end with a return to normalcy and victory over the monstrous, this is known in most probably all set horror films.
The Gothic genre plays a key role in inspiring the horror genre. This is due to the Gothic being focused on the retched, inhumane and frightful atmospheres as well as, beings or creatures, which are all vital aspects in a horror film. Decay and ruin is a key theme in Gothic genre, which horrors follow as they are more or less situated in a ruined 'haunted' building, castles and even woods. These locations are linked as there is an element of the unknown, openness and the venerability of actors, all, working together to create a frightful and nervous environment so that the thrill seekers watching the film are satisfied
Horror films like all film genres have a basic predictable story line. All the 'different' horror films produced are in fact linked with each other in most ways. We think they are different due to subtle changes the producer makes so the film that he is producing is better than previous films in the past. These are known as the horror films codes and conventions. In horror films, the irrational forces of chaos or horror invariably need to be defeated, and often these films end with a return to normalcy and victory over the monstrous, this is known in most probably all set horror films.
The Gothic genre plays a key role in inspiring the horror genre. This is due to the Gothic being focused on the retched, inhumane and frightful atmospheres as well as, beings or creatures, which are all vital aspects in a horror film. Decay and ruin is a key theme in Gothic genre, which horrors follow as they are more or less situated in a ruined 'haunted' building, castles and even woods. These locations are linked as there is an element of the unknown, openness and the venerability of actors, all, working together to create a frightful and nervous environment so that the thrill seekers watching the film are satisfied
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