The Dictionary of Film Studies defines the horror film as representing "disturbing and dark subject matter, seeking to elicit responses of See more

Horror is a malleable genre and often can be altered to accommodate other genre types such as science fiction, making some films difficult to categorize.
Body horror
A genre that emerged in the 1970s, body horror films focus … See more

In film criticism
Critic Robin Wood was not the first film critic to take the horror film seriously, but his article Return of … See more

• Dixon, Wheeler Winston. A History of Horror. (Rutgers University Press; 2010), ISBN 978-0-8135-4796-1.
• Steffen … See more

Asian horror films
Horror films in Asia have been noted as being inspired by national, cultural or religious See more

Psychological effects
In a study done by Uri Hasson et al., brain waves were observed via functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This study used the inter-subject correlation analysis (ISC) method of determining results. It was … See more

• Horror genre on IMDb See more