Research into Genre

HORROR

Horror is a genre which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. 

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 in a cathartic experience. Horror films effectively center 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 revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality.

https://www.filmsite.org/horrorfilms.html

Sub-Genres Of Horror

1. Comedy Horror 2. Found footage Horror, 3. Gothic Horror 4. Slasher Horror 5. Supernatural Horror

Most Watched Horror Movies (Box Office)

1. It (2017) ($327.5 million) 

2. The Sixth Sense (1999) ($293.5 million) 

3. Jaws (1975) ($260 million)

4. Ghostbusters (1984) ($242.2 million) 

5. The Exorcist (1973) ($232.9 million) 

6. It: Chapter Two (2019) ($195.7 million) 

7. Get Out (2017) ($176 million) 

8. Halloween (2018) ($159.3 million)

 9. Scary Movie (2000) ($159 million) 

10. What Lies Beneath (2000) ($155.4 million)

LoveCraftian Horror

 Lovecraftian horror is a sub-genre of horror fiction that emphasises the cosmic horror of the unknown more than gore or other elements of shock. It is named after American author H.P Lovecraft. His work emphasises a philosophy of cosmicism, the idea that the reality underlying the veneer of normality is so alien that seeing it would be harmful.

Many movies, shows and other authors have adapted this genre and created from it, making unimaginable things imaginable.

Bean, T. (2019). The Highest-Grossing Horror Movies Of All Time. Available: https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2019/10/03/the-highest-grossing-horror-movies-of-all-time/?sh=5f2ee9eae4d3 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2019/10/03/the-highest-grossing-horror-movies-of-all-time/?sh=5f2ee9eae4d3

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