Research into the horror genre

Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its viewers  by inducing feelings of horror and terror.

5 common elements of the best horror stories. The best horror stories share at least five elements in common: They explore 'malevolent' or 'wicked' characters, deeds or phenomena. They arouse feelings of fear, shock or disgust as well as the sense of the uncanny – things are not what they seem.

Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience.