Horror film

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Film genre dominated by elements of horror. This genre has itself a number of sub-genres within it such as slasher movies, vampire movies, etc. Some movies exhibit a substantial amount of cross-over with other genres, and this is particularly apparent in the field of science fiction, where many films including Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Thing, and Alien have both sets of defining characteristics.

A number of film directors tend to gravitate towards the horror film genre and these include:

Horror films include:

see also horror fiction