The Horror Genre

Horror:

In out group we have chosen the genre of our film opening to be Horror. This is for many reasons, one being the horror genre is a genre that has a lot of strong conventions found in the openings. For example in many horror film openings it starts in a state of equilibrium and often we are introduced to the group of characters in the first two minutes. An example of a film that has a  opening full of horror conventions is 'Jaws'. Because the horror film openings are often similar our group thought it would be easy to replicate a horror film opening and it would be clear to the viewer that our opening falls into the horror film genre.

Sub Genres:

Horror films can get broken up into smaller sub genres, these sub genres include. However these sub genres may over lap and a film could fit into more than one sub genre:

-Slasher/Gore
-Monster/Zombie
-Psychological Thriller
-Possession/Paranormal
-Killer/Murderer
-Haunting/Ghosts
-Clowns/Dolls

Films within the horror genre:

-Slasher/Gore- A Nightmare on Elm Street(1984)/ Scream(1996)

-Psychological - Psycho (1960), The Ward (2010)

-Possession/Paranormal - The Exorcist (1973), Insidious (2010)

-Killer/murderer - Halloween (1978), You're Next (2013)

-Monster/Zombies/virus - Jaws (1975), World War Z (2013)

-Haunting/Supernatural - Poltergeist (1982), Paranormal Activity (2007)

-Clowns/dolls - Annabelle (2014), Amusement (2008) 

Audience of Horror

The audience off a horror film will normally be teenagers ( 12-19)/ young adults. The genre of horror can be watched by any ethnicity, and doesn't have a stereotypical ethnicity that watches them.

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