Intro to Horror

Understanding Genre

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Horror

• Depends on Atmosphere

• Meant to Terrify

• Horror and Romance

• Symbols: Death/Decay, haunted homes/castles, family madness, powerful romance, ghosts, vampires

Gothic

• Graphic scenes of terror and violence: jump scares

• Meant to disgust

• Symbols: Religious, death, weapons, dolls, mirrors, clowns, gore

​​Modern Horror

Open Ended

What are your favorite examples of horror? Movies, Tv shows, anime, graphic novel, video games, etc! If you don't like horror, what about true crime, or conspiracies?

• Something that the audience fears, something that will shock them, or something that attacks their emotions.

• Could be supernatural or realistic

​Focus of Horror