Sub-Genres

Within the general term 'horror' there exist many different sub-genres. Some horror films are dark and gothic and include iconographies such as large country houses and misty graveyards. some horrors are set in a familiar suburban location - perhaps a high school or a suburban town whilst others have an isolated rural location. the different sub genres of horror may appear on the surface to have little in common in their Mise en Scene.

Three Mise en Scene- all recognisable as codes of horror:

The gothic mansion (The Others 2001)


The Others (2001)

A suburban house (Halloween 1978)

Halloween (1978)

An isolated rural location (The Descent 2005)

The Descent (2005)

The sub-genres which we are considering are highlighted:

B-movie horror
Cannibalism or cannibal films
Classic horror
Creature features
Demonic possesion
Dracular
Erotic
Frankenstein, other mad scientists
Ghosts
Gore
Gothic
Haunted house, other hauntings
Halloween
Macabre
Monsters
Older-woman-in-peril films ("Psycho-Biddy" aka 'Hag Horror' or 'Hagsploitation')
Psychic powers
Psychological Horror
Reincarnation
Satanic Stories
Serial Killers
Slashers or "Splatter" films
Supernatural Horror
Teen Terror or "Teen Screams"
Terror
Vampires
Witchcraft


The Sub-genre(s) we have chosen:
 

DEMONIC POSSESSION & SATANIC STORIES & TEEN TERROR