Types of horror films
Principally to define the horror films, the horror films film is a type characterized by its stimulus in the public that causes emotions such as fear, terror, anxiety, and fear the main attraction of horror films is to cause the emotions, so normally observers prefer these films because it is a form of visual stimulus (Bernal, 2012).
Horror films has different types of characteristics, these features are: take elements of literature, stories, legends, etc., also used fears born of the current socio-cultural environment in order to have greater accuracy, another of his innate characteristics are its atmosphere this is essential in horror films as it is able to delve to observer on the scene, the sound is also necessary , this helps the atmosphere is more realistic, the surprise factor is one of the most essential things cinema Terror as this gives the viewer an interesting plot and cause emotions (Dossman, 2016).
In the actually exist different types of horror films this classified by characters, theme or main event.
Types of movie that classified by characters:
Monster, and among them are those of Vampires, Zombies, etc. another form to classify is the classic monsters and the modern monsters. The main ancient monsters are like Dracula, Frankenstein to differences of the modern ones they had more medieval methods to torture or to assassinate, these methods were not so extravagant, the modern monstrous have to assassinate of a more sadistic and creative form.
Psychopaths and Serial Killers, Those with us ruthless murderers who may be bloody sociopaths, but human beings or evil people who go beyond mere humanity, this type of horror films tries to convey a more realistic fear of what can transmit a Movie with ghosts or zombies, an example of these is the purge, hostel.
Extraterrestrials, as they usually belong to the genre of Science Fiction, sometimes the characters of these films can be included within one of the previous categories, since in some cases the extraterrestrial becomes killer and causes consequences to the characters.