Horror film

Film genre dominated by elements of horror. This genre has itself a number of sub-genres within it such as slasher movies, vampire movies, etc. Some movies exhibit a substantial amount of cross-over with other genres, and this is particularly apparent in the field of science fiction, where many films including [Invasion of the Body Snatchers]?, The Thing, and Alien have both sets of defining characteristics.

A number of film directors tend to gravitate towards the horror film genre and these include:

• [John Carpenter]?
• [F.W. Murnau]?
• [George Romero]?

Horror films include:

• The Blair Witch Project
• Carrie?
• Cujo?
• [The Dawn of the Dead]?
• [The Day of the Dead]?
• Dracula
• Evil Dead
• Frankenstein
• [From Dusk 'Till Dawn]?
• Hannibal
• [I Know What You Did Last Summer]?
• It?
• The Night of the Living Dead
• [Nightmare on Elm Street]?
• Nosferatu?
• [The Return of the Living Dead]?
• Scream?
• The Silence of the Lambs
• [The Snake Pit]?
• The Thing
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Vampires?

see also horror fiction