Horror genres presentation

1. Horror genre

2. PurposeThe purpose of a horror is to
incite fear into the audience using
a multitude of techniques and
generic conventions, e.g jump-
scares and tension building. A
horror genre film aims to create a
sense of fear and panic. They
unsettle the audience by using
their worst fears. The audience
enjoys being scared because it
thrills them. It creates a surreal
environment in which the audience
is immersed and teaches them how
they would react in life threating
situations. Horrors are designed to

3. Sub-genres
• A sub genre is a subdivision
of a film genre with its own
distinctive subject e.g Rom-
com is a combination of
romance and comedy, Slapstick
comedy and slasher horror are
other examples of sub genres

4. Comedy horrorThe characters behaviour and
attitude
strongly supports the comedy of the
film for
example the characters may say an
unexpected line for the situation
that they are in. It also is about
how they react to this situations
either in a common way that most
people would react or a strange and unnatural way. A common theme
of in a comedy horror film is that the protagonist is usually in a
group of friends and they try to fight back against a fictional
monster. In comedy genres the main characters are usually
unexperienced with horror and events that happen in the films.

5. Gothic Horror
The setting of Gothic horrors are taken from the medieval time
period so contain castles and churches with the setting often
being foggy and or stormy streets. the hero is usually ‘marked’
for destiny or fate to restore himself or a prophecy. Gothic
horror often curses and evil including devilish and supernatural
beings or power and vampires

6. Action horror
An action horror has a main
hero who is usually in more
combat and violence than gore.
The overall purpose is still to
scare the audience but also to
add a more entertaining aspect
to the film and have someone to
look to and ‘cheer’ to fight
the antagonist.

7. Slasher horrorA common convention is a masked
psychopaths who brutally murders
several victims unprovoked. The
victims are usually portrayed as
photogenic and people

8. Zombie horror

9. One ineffective
horror
• A notorious ineffective horror
is Frankenstein’s army. This
is due to it being too surreal
and not utilising the key
techniques.

10. Name one effective
horror
• In contrast with
Frankenstein’s army the
conjuring is an award winning
horror with a huge fan base.
This is due to its engaging
story and techniques.