What is Horror?

R1- What is Horror?

1. Horror is an intense feeling of fear.

Horror Films are unsettling films designed to scare and frighten and alarm the
audience. It summons our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, alarming climax,
while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in an intense experience.
www.filmsite.org/horrorfilms.html

What a horror movie might usually consist of:
Fear of death
The dark
Scary places (the setting)
Disfigurement, for example monsters or zombies with broken hips
Suspense
Spooky music
Lightning and thunder
Mystery
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cutting-edge-
leadership/201410/the-top-ten-things-make-horror-movies-
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An example of a horror movie: Hush
A deaf woman is stalked by a killer in her home.