Horror

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Horror is a genre found within the greater speculative fiction family of media. The horror genre speaks to the most primal and basest of all emotions - fear. Fear can come in many wonderfully dark and glorious packages, but for most, it is the fear of death that drives us. Fear of pain is a good motivator as well. Nobody likes pain. Pain hurts. Horror stories present one or more key characters and trap them in a situation where their livelihood or that of those they love is threatened by a force beyond their control. The horror genre is as diverse and varied as any other genre and can be dissected into any number of smaller sub-genres. Media within the horror genre often includes entities that cannot or otherwise generally accepted to not exist in the real world such as demons, ghosts, vampires, witches, and werewolves. Horror themes may also extend into genres that are not horror at its base, but may include some fundamental traits that are classically considered to be of the horror genre such as witches covens or sparkly vampires. The most basic subgenres of horror are psychological horror and supernatural horror. From there, all other subgenres flow outward, with many crossing over into other subgenres. Different types of subgenres of horror fiction may include science fiction, comedy, predatory animal, psycho-thriller, alien monster, killer toys, killer clowns, haunted houses, natural disasters, unnatural disasters (surely you don't actually believe that Sharknados exist, do ya?), Gothic horror, apocalyptic horror, supernatural fantasy, ghost horror, vampire horror, zombie horror, and the list goes on. The horror genre exists in all manner of media including film, television, video games, novels, and comic books.

Media

Films

Programs

Comics

Magazines

Novels

Video games

Subgenres

Note: The following lists are by no means exhaustive, but seek to offer up a taste of your favorite horror flavors.

• Psycho-Thriller
• Supernatural Thriller
• Slasher
• Sci-fi
• Predatory animal
• Occult
• Holiday Horror
• Killer toys
• Vampires
• Werewolves
• Witches

0-9 I-Ichi 2001 Maniacs 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams 3 from Hell 31 6th Friend, The A Abandoned, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Alice, Sweet Alice Alone in the Dark (1982) Alphabet Killer, The American Gothic American Mary Amityville Murders, The Anamorph Asylum Asylum, The Attic, The Autopsy B Babysitter Must Die Bad Seed, The Bates Motel (1987) Beaten to Death Beneath the Darkness Bereavement Black Cat, The Black Christmas Black Friday Black Phone, The Black Room, The Black Sleep, The Blackening, The Bloodrage Bodies Bodies Bodies Body Parts Boston Strangler, The Brain Dead Broken, The Bucket of Blood, A Buried Alive Burning, The Butcher Boys C Cabin Fever Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero Calling Dr. Death Carnival of Souls Carriers Cat o' Nine Tails Cauldron of Blood Cherry Falls Chiller Circus of Horrors Columnist, The Corridors of Blood Crazies, The Creature with the Blue Hand Creep Creep 2 Creep 3 D Dark Half, The Dark Ride Darling Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari Dead Hooker in a Trunk Dead Man's Eyes Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus Death Artist, The Death Proof Deep Red Demented Demons Inside Me Demons of the Mind Deranged Devil Bat, The Devil Bat's Daughter Devil Doll Devil's Rejects, The Diary of a Madman Doctor X Don't Breathe Don't Breathe 2 Don't Look Down Dr. Chopper Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde Dr. Phibes Rises Again E Easter Bunny, Kill Kill! Escape Room Eyes of a Stranger F Fall of the House of Usher (1950) Fall of the House of Usher (1960) Fall of the House of Usher (1979) Fear First Purge, The Forever Purge, The Freaks Fresh From a Whisper to a Scream From Hell Frozen Frozen Ghost, The Funhouse, The G Game of Death Gerald's Game Get Out Ghost Ship Ghostland Good Son, The Gothic Greta Grotesque H Halfway House, The Hands of the Ripper Hannibal Hannibal Rising Happy Death Day Happy Death Day 2U Haunt Haunted Strangler, The Headless Eyes Her Secret Killer High Tension Hills Have Eyes, The Hills Have Eyes, The (2006) Hills Have Eyes 2, The Hills Have Eyes Part II, The Hillside Cannibals Hitcher, The Hollow Man Homekilling Queen Horror Island Horrors of the Black Museum Hospital, The Hostel Hostel: Part II Hostel: Part III House (2008) House of 1000 Corpses House of Evil House of Horrors House of Wax House of Wax (2005) Human Centipede, The Human Centipede 2, The Human Centipede 3, The Hush I I Know What You Did Last Summer I Saw What You Did I Saw What You Did (1988) I Spit on Your Grave I Spit on Your Grave (2010) I Spit on Your Grave 2 I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine I Still Know What You Did Last Summer I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer Ichi the Killer In the Mouth of Madness Inbred Infinity Pool Influencer Invisible Man, The Invisible Man Returns, The Invisible Man, The (2020) Invitation, The Invitation to Hell J Jack the Ripper (1988) Jekyll & Hyde Joy Ride Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead Joy Ride 3: Roadkill K Killer Instinct Knifepoint L La voluntad del Muerto Lake of Shadows Last Horror Film, The Last House in the Woods, The Last House on the Left, The Last House on the Left, The (2009) Legend of Spider Forest, The Leopard Man, The Let's Scare Jessica to Death Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, The Lucky M Ma Madman Malevolence Malignant Man Who Could Cheat Death, The Mandy Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker Manhunter Maniac Maniac (2012) Maniac Cop Maniac Cop 2 Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence Manor, The Mansion of the Doomed Mary Reilly Masque of the Red Death, The Mayhem Microwave Massacre Midnight Meat Train Misery Monster Party Mortuary Mother's Day Mother's Day (2010) Murders in the Rue Morgue My Soul to Take Mystery of the Wax Museum N Nightmare (1964) Nightmare in Wax O Orphan (2009) Orphan: First Kill P Paranoic Penny Dreadful (2006) People Under the Stairs, The Perfection, The Phantom of Hollywood, The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Phantom of the Opera (1943) Phantom of the Opera (1962) Phantom of the Opera (1989) Phantom of the Opera (1998) Phenomena Pit and the Pendulum, The Pit and the Pendulum, The (1991) Popcorn Pop Skull Possession: Until Death Do Us Part Poughkeepsie Tapes, The Premature Burial Premonition, The Prevenge Psychic, The Psycho Psycho (1998) Psycho II Psycho III Psycho IV: The Beginning Psycho Cop Psycho Cop Returns Psycho Holocaust Psychosis Purge, The Purge, The: Anarchy Purge, The: Election Year Q Quarantine (1989) R Raven, The Ready or Not Red Dragon (2002) Red Rose Revenge Ripper: Letter from Hell Ripper 2: Letter from Within S Satan's Sadists Sawbones Scream of Fear Seasoning House, The Secret Village, The See for Me She-Wolf of London Silence of the Lambs, The Sisters Slash Society Soft for Digging Soul of a Monster, The Spiral Spiral (2019) Staunton Hill Stay Out of the Attic Strange Door, The Strangers, The Strangers: Prey at Night, The Strangers: Chapter 1 Stylist, The Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street T Tales of Terror Teeth Tortured Tower of London (1962) Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Tusk Twin, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The U Us V Valentine Vicious Fun Village, The Visit, The W We Summon the Darkness What Keeps You Alive When a Killer Calls When a Stranger Calls When a Stranger Calls (2006) When a Stranger Calls Back Whisper Wolf Creek Wolf Creek 2 Wrong Turn X X Y You're Next Z Zodiac, The

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Cheerleader Massacre Cheerleader Massacre 2 Halloween (1978) Halloween (2007) Halloween (2018) Halloween II Halloween II (2009) Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later Halloween: Resurrection Halloween Kills Halloween Ends Slash Slaughter Slaughter High Slaughter Studios Sleepaway Camp Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor Slumber Party Massacre, The Slumber Party Massacre II Slumber Party Massacre III Slumber Party Massacre (2021) Sorority House Massacre Sorority House Massacre II Sorority Row Splatter University Stitches Strangers, The Strangers: Prey at Night, The Summer of 84 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweet Sixteen Terrifier Terrifier 2 Terrifier 3 Terror Firmer Terror Night Terror Train Terror Train 2 Texas Chainsaw Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003) Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation They/Them Toolbox Murders Totally Killer Tourist Trap Trick or Treats Truth Or Dare Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Twitch of the Death Nerve Uncle Sam Urban Legend Urban Legends: Final Cut Valentine Vicious Fun Victor Crowley Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Wishcraft Wolf Creek Wolf Creek 2 Wrong Turn Wrong Turn 2: Dead End Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort

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Bad Moon

Dogman

Dogman 2: The Wrath of the Litter

Full Moon High

External Links

• Horror at Wikipedia
• Horror at the Horror House
• Horror at the Movie Database