Action horror is a sub-genre that combines the intrusion of evil, an event or the supernatural in horror films with the gun fights and frantic chases that are performed in ACTION-GENRE..
Themes and elements that are often prevalent in action-horror include most commonly zombies, along with demons, gore, vicious animals and vampires.
Examples include, dawn of the dead, from dusk till dawn and blade this category also fuses the fantasy horror genre, for example resident evil,. Ghost rider and planet terror
Comedy Horror
Combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. The horror genre almost always inevitably crosses over with black comedy.
The film “The legend of the sleepy hollow” is cited to be the first and greatest comedy-horror genre..• Examples include. Scary movie , slither ,Shaun of the Dead and gremlins.
Gothic horror
Gothic horror contains bot elements of gothic and horror. Some of the earliest horror movies were of this genre..
Gothic horror films normally includes features such as castles, dungeons ruined landscapes, extreme landscapes and magic/the supernatural.
Examples include Dracula, Frankenstein and the mummy
Psychological horror
Relies on a characters fears, guilt and belief , emotional instability and at times the supernatural to build the tension and further the plot. The horror comes from the reality of this particular sub genre.
Examples include, the shining, the ring and the exorcist
Science Fiction Horror
Often deals with the paranormal but is not limited to mad scientists and /or experiments going wrong.
This genre can also deal with the fear of technology
Examples include Alien and the mist
From my previous research and planning I have decided to pick action horror as my sub-genre, this combines my two top genres from my survey therefore will attract both horror and action watchers to the cinema. My audience seems interested in the action genre so by incorporating this with my horror it will attract a wider audience but also I will enjoy making it.
Which type of sub-genre are you thinking of doing? I would maybe consider action seeing as a lot of those who answered your survey appear to enjoy action films.
ReplyDeleteI have decided on Action-horror and have written reasons for my choice
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