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Sub-genres of a horror film
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Sub-genres of a horror film
By Kiran Patel
Sub-genre
• A sub-genre is a more detailed version of the genre since it splits up the genre groups into smaller groups
• A list of sub-genres found in horror films are:• Psychological• Slasher• Gothic• Paranormal/Supernatural/Mystery• Sci-Fi• Body horror (take overs/invasion)• Action• Comedy
Sub-genre: Slasher
• Probably the largest sub-genre in the horror genre
• A slasher movie usually involves a string of murders committed by a psychopath whom kills their victim in a graphic manner with a sharp object as their weapon of choice
• Some slasher movies include: Scream, Halloween, Friday the 13th, etc.
Posters of a slasher genre
• Main image is surrounded in darkness
• The murderer is holding the weapon
• The cover line on the poster is a pun of sorts or can be seen as a brief of the movie
• ‘Halloween’ has a very bold font compared to ‘American Psycho’ since AP is trying to make the font match the character (A slick business man)
Subgenre: Sci-Fi
• The smallest sub-genre of a horror film
• A sci-fi/horror movie usually have aspects of a virus/machine/alien destroying earth or murdering humans but in a brutal, violent and gory way to create fear in the audience
• Some examples of Sci-Fi Horror include: Alien, Frankenstein, War of The Worlds, Dark Skies, etc.
• A body horror movie (usually includes zombies or parasites of a sort) are classified as sci-fi
Sci-Fi/Horror posters
• Destruction in the background of the image
• Murky colours • No sign of what the
villain is • A lone figure in the
foreground • Both are full pictures
with nothing faded and shows a cloudy sky
• ‘Cloverfield’ has a font which matches the Sci-Fi genre unlike ‘The Mist’ which kept the horror theme
Sub-Genre: Paranormal/Supernatural
• A paranormal/supernatural film is a film which defines everyday life e.g. ghosts, hauntings or possessions
• Examples of supernatural horror include: Final Destination, The Amityville Horror, Child’s Play etc.
Posters of a supernatural/paranormal sub-genre
• The obvious convention between the two is the red text for the titles
• Another convention is the black background for both posters
• They also both have cover-lines which makes the audience excited
• Both font styles for the movies match the theme of the movie; since ‘Paranormal Activity’ is home-filmed the ‘glitchy’ text tells the audience to expect the film to be home filmed