I love horror films because they elicit a physiological reaction to the audience!
Horror movies are my favorite types of film too! I love the suspense and scares.
Horror films were inspired by authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and Bram Stoker
I have heard of Edgar Allen Poe before, he wrote some rather dark stuff. I could definitely see how he inspired horror films!
I love how horror films focus on the macabre and the supernatural!
Yes, they have a very unique style of how they incorporate ideas and themes.
Horror film
A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit fear for entertainment purposes. Initially inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley, horror has existed as a film genre for more than a century. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction, and thriller genres.
Horror films often aim to evoke viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve
Mary Shelley, and John William Polidori, who are frequently linked to Gothic fiction, are also sometimes referred to as Dark Romantics. Dark Romanticism is characterized by stories of personal torment, social outcasts, and usually offers commentary on whether the nature of man will save or destroy him. Some Victorian authors of English horror fiction, such as Bram Stoker and Daphne du Maurier, follow in this lineage.
The American form of this sensibility centered on the writers Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville. As opposed