Thursday, January 20, 2011

All The Types Of Horror Movies

By Adrianna Noton


Horror movies offer many different types for you to watch, and know what they are can help you chose the next film you want to see. Not all of them offer gore and blood and there are many different sub genres that you can enjoy.

Those that have a murderer that attacks the victims in a gruesome manner are called slasher films. The antagonist may be known from the beginning, may wear a mask or my be a a person that you are trying to figure out who it is while watching. Often, they leave one person that isn't killed and this frequently allows for a number of sequels, with some of the most famous having many films in the franchise.

Thrillers tend to use a psychological angle to cause suspense. In this genre, they tend to have more blood and guts than the typical one, although they contain suspense and mystery throughout the film. These are designed to leave you on the edge of your seat during the entire movie with many plot twists and turns to keep you guessing as to what is occurring on the screen.

Exploitation, or torture films use extremely graphic effects to show the death of the victims on the screen, and are some of the bloodiest on the market. Relying more on shock value and a gross effect rather than real terror, these are often controversial die to the extreme nature of the films. Many make the act sexual and glamorous, which adds to the taboo nature of these types of films.

Monster films, or creature features, take a being from the movies like a vampire or werewolf and center the film around them. They can be dark humor or serious films, and usually culminate in the monster being killed or otherwise controlled in some way.

While zombies are similar to the monster films, they have gained popularity and have created a sub genre all of their own. They have their own rules and may actually be more than one type but they all will deal with the threat of the living dead. Many of these features surviving an onslaught of a zombie attack in will be either be very dark in serious were humorous and campy. Each type has a strong following in many fans.

Paranormal films deal with ghosts and other things that cannot be seen. Many of these rarely show the object of terror, instead relying on the idea or the effects that they cause. It can include ghosts, phenomena and magic as a method of creating the suspense and many of these are effective with what they don't show versus what they do.

Those that enjoy horror movies are as diverse as the films that you can enjoy. Each fan will have their own favorite type, and there are examples from the earliest Hollywood films to modern day offerings that will fit the bill. While some of them are truly bad, many of them a entertaining with good plots an excellent effects which makes them worth sitting through.




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