MOVIES

Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley, horror films have existed for more than a century. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes, and may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction and thriller genres.

 

Horror films often deal with viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, extraterrestrials, vampires, werewolves, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, psychopaths, and serial killers.

 

THE CREATIVE REALM'S RECOMMENDED HORROR MOVIES BY DECADE

 

BEFORE 1960's: The Kiss Of The Vampire
1970's: The Legend Of Hell House 
1980's: Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
1990's: The Haunting 
2000's: Drag Me To Hell  
2010's: The Witch