Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films effectively center on the dark side of life, the forbidden, and strange and alarming events. They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsions, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or fear of sexuality. Whatever dark, primitive, and revolting traits that simultaneously attract and repel us are featured in the horror genre. Horror films are also known as chillers, scary movies, spookfests, and the macabre.
With horrific and gruesome imagery, horror movie makers are able to play on your worst nightmares. Some of the truly scariest movies are based on true events like original version of The Exorcist. Other movies that have proven to scare involve the "Serial Killer" or "Mass Murderer". Like Jason Voorhees (Friday The 13th series), Michael Myers (Halloween series) or Freddy Kruger (A Nightmare On Elm Street series). Other great horrors are biographical, such as the stories of the true life serial killers like, Jeff Dahmer, Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacey and Ted Bundy. A personal favorite is a disturbing portrayal of the life of Henry Lee Lucas called, "Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer". Another great technique at scaring viewers is by playing with their phobias. Jaws, Arachnaphobia, and Vertigo are great examples of playing on peoples fears of water, sharks, spiders, heights. Then there are the classics like, vampire movies, monster movies and werewolf movies. Some horrors greatest movie makers are George Romero, Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Wes Craven.
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