Scary (the only one ever): Session 9

When I came to this thread, I was under the impression you were talking about sub-genres of horror. Even though that's not the topic at hand, that's what I feel like typing up, so that's all you're gonna get outta me.

Vampire (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview with the Vampire)
Zombie (Night of the Living Dead, Dead Alive)
Hillybilly (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, Wrong Turn)
Hauntings (13 Ghosts, The Amityville Horror)
Sci-Fi Horror (Alien, Event Horizon)
Psychological (Silence of the Lambs, In the Mouth of Madness)
Werewolf (Ginger Snaps, Dog Soldiers)
Slasher (Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street)
Occult/Satanic (The Wicker Man, The Devil's Advocate)
Exploitation (Last House on the Left, Cannibal Holocaust)


I may have missed some. Feel free to add to this...

Weird artsy type: Santa Sangre

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Religiously Affiliated: The Exorcist

...and Lost Highway

I am going to stick with your genres Bloodrayne because I am not very imaginative..


Scary: The Grudge / Spooked me out I watched it late at night by myself with the lights off..Lame excuse huh..!
Cheesy: House of the Dead
CGI Overdone: Freddy Vs, Jason
Fucked Up Weird: Donny Darko
Gory: Zombie
Turn Your Stomach Gory: Canibal Holocaust
Comedy/Horror Cool: Club Dread
Mind Fuck: Jacobs Ladder
Kickass Cool: Ginger Snaps
Kickass Cool (but weird): Junior
Creepy Cool: 1000 corpses
'Scare The Hell Out Of The Kids' Scary: 28 days later / My kids are totally freaked out by Zombies..this is totally my fault.

28 Days Later aint a zombie flick.:p

I wanted to add "Fairytale" (Company of Wolves) and maybe "Satirical" (Dawn of the Dead).

It occurs to me that many movies could fall into several categories, so abbreviations/codes could be formulated for all of these, and movie lists could be made with all the abbreviated category names listed after each title.

I used to shop at a video store that did something similar, and reading their catalog was really interesting, because they would list things as belonging to multiple categories.

:rolleyes:





It's definately a zombie flick. The fact that the zombies are "just people infected with a rage virus" doesn't change that in my eyes (Or the eyes of Danny Boyle, the director.) Them being infected with rage is what makes them zombies in the first place. They lose their humanity and become bloodthirsty cannibals.


Here's a quote of the films director referring to them as zombies in an interview....

For the full interview, go here.... http://www.indiewire.com/people/people_030627boyle.html