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Old 07-26-2007, 09:31 PM
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The Sub Genres of Horror

I was recently trying to think of all the various niches and sub genres of horror. After much thought I was able to come up with the following outline of horror sub genres. What am I missing here?

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Animal Horror
Anthology Horror (Multiple horror stories told in 1 film)
Comedy Horror
Flesh Eaters
* Cannibals
* Zombies
Exploitation
* Sexploitation
* Shockumentaries
Erotic Horror
Gore/Extreme/Splatter ("splatter cinema" orig. coined by Romero regarding DOTD)
* Splatstick
* Torture Porn/Gorno
Gothic Horror
Psychological Horror
Sci-fi Horror
* Aliens
* Robots/Cyborgs
Religious
* Possession
* Satan/Demons
* Religious fanatics
Slasher
Supernatural
* Ghosts
* Werewolves
* Witches/Warlocks
* Vampires
* Other Creatures
Vomit Horror :eek:
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Old 07-26-2007, 09:59 PM
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I can't for the life of me see where Frankenstein would fit on that list. Other Creatures?
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Old 07-26-2007, 10:08 PM
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I can't for the life of me see where Frankenstein would fit on that list. Other Creatures?
Interesting. I would put it in Gothic Horror. But Other Creatures could work too. In fact, many horror movies would fit in more than one category.
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Old 09-09-2007, 01:27 PM
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melt movies?

Incredible melting man
Street trash
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Old 09-09-2007, 02:43 PM
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vehicular horror

hillybilly horror
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Old 09-09-2007, 02:46 PM
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On my review website (see link in my sig), these are the sub-genre's I use. So far, I've been able to fit every horror film into one or another.

Zombie Horror
Slasher Horror
Vampire Horror
Werewolf Horror
Creature Horror
Hillbilly Horror
Occult Horror
Vehicular Horror
Psychological Horror
Horror Comedies
Horror Classics


I've been able to place the last 225 horror films I watched in to one (or more) of those sub-genres.
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Old 09-09-2007, 09:45 PM
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melt movies?

Incredible melting man
Street trash
LMAO! I woulda never thought of that. :p
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Old 09-10-2007, 06:20 PM
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monkey horror!
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Old 09-11-2007, 02:04 AM
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Phenomena
Monkey shines
er...?
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Old 09-11-2007, 11:00 AM
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Phenomena
Monkey shines
er...?
king freaking kong
mighty joe young
28 days later (starts with pissed off monkey - so don't mess with the monkey!)
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