Subgenres

When I suggest a movie to someone, people generally assume it's a horror movie, and it usually is. Sometimes, right off that bat, I get a "No" (the people I am around most the time hate horror movies, because they're crazy) but other times I get "what kind of horror?" and that is my favorite response. There are so many subgenres in everything be it music, books, movies, etc. and all you need to know is what kind you like.

Personally, I get down with Supernatural, Psychological Horror, Splatterpunk, and Religious Horror where are someone else might only be into Gothic Horror. It all depends on what you like. Part of the reason I think non Horror Junkies are so reluctant to try horror movies is because they think it's all scary when in reality, not all horror movies are.

Supernatural: supernatural generally consists of ghosts, goblins, zombies, monsters, and basically anything that doesn't exist in the real world.

(Don't get me wrong. I believe in all of ghosts 100%, I'm just giving my watered down version of the genre)

Sci-fi Horror: Sci-fi Horror is just sci-fi and horror mashed as one. The movie Alien, is probably the most well known Sci-fi Horror movie every created. It's pretty much anything that consists of a scary story line that follows aliens, robots, time travel, space, etc. 

Splatterpunk: Splatterpunk definitely isn't for people with a weak stomach. What is really narrows down to is just the goriest, gnarliest, bloodiest types of movies out there and they also consist of lots and lots of sex. Hostel is the perfect example of a Splatterpunk movie.

Suspense & Thrillers: My 64 year old grandma loves these. These movies don't really involve a lot of ghosts or things jumping out at you. It's more real life depictions of things like serial killers, psychopaths, natural disasters, and things that can't really be stopped by a hero stepping in. They usually don't have happy endings. When A Stranger Calls and Cape Fear are two examples of suspense/thrillers.

Satanic/Religious: Movies that have to do with Satan, possession, demons, exorcisms, etc. I could write an entire post about these types of movies because they are my FAVORITE. They are by far the scariest to me because just like suspense/thrillers, you're usually dealing with something that can't be stopped very easily. The Exorcist, The Last Exorcism, and The Omen are perfect examples.

Gothic: These movies take place usually in historical settings inside castles with ghosts, mysteries, vampires, and above all, romance. There's more than likely going to be some type of love story involved in these types of movies. The most famous Gothic movie/story of all time is Dracula and Nosferatu.


I could go on for days about all the different subgenres in Horror because there are so many more but I'll just leave you with a few. I hope that I have opened up the eyes of some readers and hopefully some non horror fans will be willing to test a few of these out and maybe fall in love with them!