Horror films effectively center on the darker side of life, the forbidden, and strange and alarming events. Horror films are known to be unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time. They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality. Whatever dark, primitive, and revolting traits that both attract and repel us are featured in the horror genre. Most Horror films have the certificate 18.

horror movie conventions:

• death
• blood
• killing
• villain
• victims
• haunted house
• isolated settings
• monsters/ghosts/spirits
• evil
• gore
• violence
• darkness