Horror Hybrids & Sub Genres

What is a sub genre?

Sub Genre is defined as 'category of artistic, musical or literary composition characterised by a particular genre'

Sub Genres Of Horror

• Comedy
• Extra-Terrestrial
• Monster
• Teen
• Slasher
• Supernatural
• Psychological

Comedy Horror Films

Horror films involving some form of comedy an example of a film like this would be 'Shaun Of The Dead'

Slasher Horror

Sub genre of the horror film genre typically involving a psycho killing an example of this would be 'Halloween'

Supernatural Horror

Depict events that appear beyond normal perceptions, for example a film such as 'The Ring'

Psychological Horror

Relies on characters fears, guilt, beliefs, usually involves eerie sound effects, relevant music and emotional instability to build tension and further the plot

What is a horror hybrid?

Something of mixed origin or composition when two films genres are combined together in order to create a combination of both the films for example films like 'Deadlands', 'Alien'