[RG] Genre Analysis - Horror

1. Horror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness. Many horror movies also include a central villain. More recent horror films can usually be split into three distinct, but related, sub-genres: the horror-of-personality i.e. “Psycho”, the horror-of-Armageddon i.e. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and the horror-of-the-demonic i.e. “The Exorcist”.

2. Early horror movies are largely based on classic literature of the Gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A sub-genre of horror is the slasher film, usually with a teenage cast and targeted towards a teenage audience, so a good direction of the genre for our group to look into.

3. Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films feature a wide range of styles, from the earliest silent Nosferatu classic, to today's CGI monsters and deranged humans. They are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens.

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5. The location of Horror can be practically anywhere, from widely populated cities to more commonly small, barely populated villages. One location often found in horrors is the large, old fashioned building that is usually haunted or abandoned.

6. The essence of horror is the violent, unanticipated disruption of audience trust in moral and natural order, but modern “horror” are less about horror and more about iconography. The horror genre is a flood of movies featuring zombies, vampires, werewolves, swamp creatures and Frankenstein who's analogues have supplanted the superhero as the dominant mainstream figure.

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8. By changing the angle and placement of lights, you can turn an everyday scene into something horrifying. While these techniques are ideal for horror, they can also be used to add suspense or an air of mystery to an otherwise ordinary scene.
Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It tends to heighten the sense of alienation felt by the viewer, hence is commonly used in film noir and horror genres.

9. Here are a few fonts found on 1001freefonts.com that would suit the Horror genre: