Horror Genre Presentation

1. Horror Presentation
By Gareth and Fabian

2. The purpose of the horror genre
 The horror genre aims to create a sense of fear, panic, alarm, and
dread for the audience.
 These films are often unsettling and rely on scaring the audience
through a portrayal of their worst fears and nightmares.
 Horror films usually center on the arrival of an evil force, person, or
event.
 Many Horror films include mythical creatures such as ghosts,
vampires, and zombies.
 Traditionally, Horror films incorporate a large amount of violence
and gore into the plot.
 Though it has its own style, horror films will often have sub genres.

3. Horror Conventions
 Expressive camerawork.
 POV shots are often used.
 Handheld shots create distortion and can be used to build
suspense.
 Disturbing music.
 Editing creates an unsettling effect.

4. Sub Genres
 Comedy-Horror
Examples: Shawn of the dead, Zombieland.
 Teen-Horror
Examples: I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
 Monster-Horror
Examples: Aliens, Godzilla, Creature from the Black Lagoon.
 Slasher
Examples: Halloween, My Bloody Valentine, Black Christmas.
 Supernatural-Horror
Examples: The Exorcist, The Ring, The Omen.
 Zombie-Horror
Examples: Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later.

5. Definitions
 Horror- An intense feeling of fear, shock or disgust.
 Genre- A style of category of art.
 Horror Film- A film designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and
alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears.

6. An effective horror film
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- Gory and violent.
- Uses clichés of typical teen slasher movies to its advantage.
- Good plot.
- Draws the audience in.
- Audience knows what to expect.
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7. An ineffective horror film
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- The direction isn’t incompetent.
- The hillbilly makeup is horrible.
- Characters start to get annoying.
- Bad acting.
- It takes place at a music festival that doesn’t seem to actually exist.
- Film gets boring at parts.
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