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This is a list of lists of horror films. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between horror and other genres (including action, thriller, and science fiction films ).
- List of Horror Films of The 1990S
List of horror films of 1997; List of horror films of 1998;...
- List of Horror Films of The 1980S
List of horror films of 1987; List of horror films of 1988;...
- List of Horror Films of The 2000S
List of horror films of 2007; List of horror films of 2008;...
- List of Horror Films of The 1940S
A list of horror films released in the 1940s.After the...
- List of Horror Films of The 1970S
List of horror films of 1977; List of horror films of 1978;...
- List of Monster Movies
This is a list of monster movies, about such creatures as...
- List of Holiday Horror Films
Holiday-themed horror films or holiday horror are a subgenre...
- List of Highest-Grossing Horror Films
2 Highest-grossing horror film franchises and film series. 3...
- List of Horror Films of The 1930S
History. The American horror film was properly created in...
- List of Horror Films of The 1990S
This is a list of some (not all) notable writers in the horror fiction genre. Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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- History
- Characteristics
- Scholarship and Criticism
- Awards and Associations
- Alternative Terms
- See Also
- Further Reading
Before 1000
The horror genre has ancient origins, with roots in folklore and religious traditions focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic and the principle of the thing embodied in the person. These manifested in stories of beings such as demons, witches, vampires, werewolves and ghosts. European horror-fiction became established through works of the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans. Mary Shelley's well-known 1818 novel about Frankenstein was greatly influenced by the story of Hippolytus, wh...
After 1000
The Witch of Berkeley by William of Malmesbury has been viewed as an early horror story. Werewolf stories were popular in medieval French literature. One of Marie de France's twelve lais is a werewolf story titled "Bisclavret". The Countess Yolande commissioned a werewolf story titled "Guillaume de Palerme". Anonymous writers penned two werewolf stories, "Biclarel" and "Melion". Much horror fiction derives from the cruellest personages of the 15th century. Dracula can be traced to the Prince...
18th century
The 18th century saw the gradual development of Romanticism and the Gothic horror genre. It drew on the written and material heritage of the Late Middle Ages, finding its form with Horace Walpole's seminal and controversial 1764 novel, The Castle of Otranto. In fact, the first edition was published disguised as an actual medieval romance from Italy, discovered and republished by a fictitious translator. Once revealed as modern, many found it anachronistic, reactionary, or simply in poor taste...
One defining trait of the horror genre is that it provokes an emotional, psychological, or physical response within readers that causes them to react with fear. One of H. P. Lovecraft's most famous quotes about the genre is that: "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."...
In addition to those essays and articles shown above, scholarship on horror fiction is almost as old as horror fiction itself. In 1826, the gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe published an essay distinguishing two elements of horror fiction, "terror" and "horror." Whereas terror is a feeling of dread that takes place before an event happens, horror is a ...
Achievements in horror fiction are recognized by numerous awards. The Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror novel Dracula. The Australian Horror Writers Association presents annual Australian Shadows Awards. The International Horror Guild Awar...
Some writers of fiction normally classified as "horror" tend to dislike the term, considering it too lurid. They instead use the terms dark fantasy or Gothic fantasy for supernatural horror, or "psychological thriller" for non-supernatural horror.
Neil Barron, Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide. New York: Garland, 1990. ISBN 978-0824043476.Jason Colavito, Knowing Fear: Science, Knowledge and the Development of the Horror Genre. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2008. ISBN 978-0786432738.Brian Docherty, American Horror Fiction: From Brockden Brown to Stephen King. New York: St. Martin's, 1990. ISBN 978-0333461297.Errickson, Will; Hendrix, Grady (2017). Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction. Philadelphia: Quirk Books. ISBN 9781594749810. OCLC 1003294393.Subcategories. This category has the following 49 subcategories, out of 49 total. Action horror films (6 C) Adventure horror films (2 C, 55 P) Animated horror films (1 C, 7 P) Body horror films (4 C, 26 P) Cannibal-boom films (18 P) Children's horror films (3 C, 44 P) Horror films about clowns (1 C, 67 P)
Contents: Top - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s. The following is a chronological list of every horror film ever made. For films by date, see Dates. For films listed alphabetical, see Alphabetical List of Horror Films.
Genres of horror fiction, a genre of fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten or scare. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which are in the realm of speculative fiction
