Genre-Horror

Definition:

Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.

^{There are many subgenres in Horror they are:}

• Action Horror
• Body horror
• Comedy horror
• Gothic horror
• Natural horror
• Psychological horror
• Science Fiction horror
• Slasher film
• Splatter film
• Zombie film  

Codes and Conventions: 

In most horror films there is what is known as a final girl, who is usually the lead and survives the film. However, anybody can die in a horror film. In horror films partaking in sex and drugs usually leads to death. Also asking "who's there" or anything that doesn't use common sense means that your likely to die according to the genre. The Villain in horror films is usually an outcast and has distinct ways of killing his victims. He/She can not also be killed or defeated easily and the equilibrium that is being disrupted by him/her is trying to be restored throughout the movie. In most horror movies the face is never shown of the killer or it is not completely shown due to a mask, e.g leather-face in Texas Chain Saw Massacre or disfigured. If they are shown this is usually at the end of the film. 

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