Monday, 21 September 2009

The Horror Genre



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. Films often leave their audience feeling vulnerable and the experience should be thrilling and exciting, an audience should not feel comfortable during a horror film. Another reason is a masochistic desire, a lot of people don’t necessarily ‘enjoy’ horror films, but love putting themselves through watching them, and the rush/ thrill that is brought with them.





1 comment:

  1. Interesting... do you know wordpress.com? If you do, find there warlock6 - he describes the reasons why people watch horrors and thrillers very well, believe me! Some people receive satisfaction after watching such a film because they understand this is not true (thanks to God!).

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