I then decided to research what defines a horror film. Wikipedia's definition of a horror is 'a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural and thriller genres.
Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event or personage, commonly of supernatural origin into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, demons, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals and serial killers.'
Some examples of horror films I will be researching are; 'Paranormal Activity' 'The Strangers' 'The Human Centipede' 'The Conjuring' and 'The Exorcism.'
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