Friday, October 22, 2010

Horror Genres

We have covered a variety of horror genres. We will go into these genres a little more as the course continues. To help you keep them straight, take a look at these video/film clips:

Gothic:
Video introduction/explanation about Gothic Horror
Sample Gothic Horror film clips:
Dark Shadows (1970)
The Opening Scene from the TV production: Mystery'.

Monsters:
The Wolf Man
Pan's Labyrinth
The Host film clip
The Mummy
Jaws
Night of the Living Dead

Psychological Horror:
The Hitcher
The Missing
Identity

Cosmic Horror:
At the Mountains of Madness
Call of Cthulhu
The Ninth Gate

Mystery/Suspense:
Rear Window
And Then There Were None
Sherlock Holmes
Young Sherlock Holmes (ceremony scene) Also a good example of cosmic horror

Survival Horror:
Survival Horror Video Game Tribute
The Descent

Humorous Horror/Parody:
The Simpsons
BeetleJuice
Mad Monster Party

Dark Fantasy
City of Lost Children
Gormenghast

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