Sub genres

Horror movies can be split into 5 sub genres; gore and disturbing; psychological; killer; monster; paranormal, all of which can be categorised into more sub genres.

Gore and Disturbing

Gore and Disturbing can be categorised into 3 sub genres.

• Torture (Saw, Hostel)
• Cannibalism (Cannibal Holocaust, Ravenous)
• Extreme (A Serbian Film, The Human Centipede)

Psychological

• Phobia & Isolation (Frozen (2010), Buried)
• Fanaticism (The Wicker Man)
• Madness & Paranoia (Psycho, The Ward)

Killer

• Slasher (Scream, Friday the 13th)
• Crime & Giallo (Don't Torture a Duckling, Trauma)
• Home Invasion (You're Next, Funny Games)

Monster

• Zombies (Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead)
• Vampire (Dracula, Fright Night)
• Werewolf (Bad Moon, An American Werewolf in London)
• Animals & Nature (Jaws)
• Small Creatures (Gremlins, Critters)
• Classic & Mythological (Frankenstein)
• Giant Monsters (King Kong, Godzilla)
• Aliens (The Fly, Alien)

Paranormal

• Ghost & Spirits (Poltergeist, Paranormal Activity)
• Haunted House (House on Haunted Hill, The Haunting in Connecticut)
• Possession (The Rite, The Exorcism)
• Devils, Demons & Hell (The Devil Inside, Demons)
• Witches & Occult (The Blair Witch Project, Rosemary's Baby)
• Supernatural (Insidious, Drag Me to Hell)

Other sub genres of horror

• Comedy Horror (Shaun of the Dead)
• 'Creepy Kid' (The Omen)