DIFFERENT TYPES OF HORROR GENRES

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PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR

• PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR AIMS TO CREATE DISCOMFORT BY EXPOSING COMMON OR UNIVERSAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL VULNERABILITIES. THE FEAR IS USUALLY FROM A CREATURE, MONSTER, GORE OR VIOLENCE.

SLASHER HORROR

• THERE’S A LOT OF VIOLENCE AND KILLING. THERE IS USUALLY A SERIAL KILLER AND THE CHARACTERS ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM SOMEONE. THERE ARE ALSO PARODIES OF SLASHER HORRORS SUCH AS SCREAM WHICH USES OBVIOUS STEREOTYPES OF HORROR MOVIES.

ACTION HORROR

• THEY USUALLY HAVE CREATURES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY MORE POWERFUL THAN HUMANS. THERE ARE ALSO GUNS AND FAST SCENES THAT BUILD UP TENSION. IT USES ASPECTS FROM BOTH THE ACTION AND HORROR GENRE.

COMEDY HORROR

• COMEDY HORROR MOVIES COMBINE ELEMENTS OF BOTH COMEDY AND HORROR MOVIES. SCARY MOVIES IS A PARODY OF HORROR MOVIES. THEY USUALLY HAVE EXAGGERATED VIOLENCE AND GORE.