What is a horror film?

Personal Aspects :

1) The audience's own recognition with the fear or terrors of the narrative.

2) Fear of uknown, maniacs and monsters.

3) Fear of the body being mutilated

4) Audience's personal boundaries are being trasgressed

5) Audience is observing terror, killing and horror from a safe distance, getting frightened, but still understanding that nothing will happen to them.

Ideological Aspects :

1) The implicit (hidden) or explicit (obvious) messages that are embedded within the narrative.

2) Appearance of themes of punishment, rejection and revulsion at subjects that deviate from 'correct' thinking.

3) Basic messages and more nuanced and subtle fears that break our boundaries (such as strangers or hitchhikers)

4) Condemnation of any deviant religions (non christian religions)

5) Belief in science that can defeat the darkness at the expence of old ideals.

6) Modern Media creates 'demons' by crusading against sections of society and labelling them.
Not every stranger or mentally unstable person will kill or rape.


Financial :

1) One of the most lucrative genres in film industry, the films are constantly reinvented, remade and reincarnated.

2) Horror movies drag in huge audiences and earn millions.