Its been awhile since the last top 100 was compiled. The Oscars and the Vintage 101 were done by a selected panel of judges and members, so I would love all of HDC to be involved in another community project again.
Now, looking at the stickys and casting my mind back to all the discussions in threads throughout 2007...one thought stayed and nagged in my head. If some of you recall, in the Modern Horror section, there was a thread asking for
the sub-genres of horror. Some of us tried to give a detailed list to the best of our knowledge, but somehow it remained incomplete. For an idea about the discussion, here it is :-
http://horror.com/forum/showthread.p...ighlight=genre
Taking all of that and my research into the topic, lets compile a top 100 of the various sub-genres of Horror. It will be divided into
20 sub-genres (or categories), with
Top 5s in each of em. This will be a nice test of our knowledge in the genre, and also allow us to make a comprehensive list for curious and puzzled fans of the horror genre.
The sub-genres I have deduced are :-
- Ghosts/ Haunted Houses
- Vampires
- Werewolves/Shape-shifters
- Golems/Mummies
- Zombies/Re-animations
- Mythological Creatures
- Traditional Pagan Ritualistic
- Human Monsters
- Creature Monsters
- Occult/ Demonic Possession
- Telekinesis/ Mind Control
- English Gothic
- American Gothic
- Psychological
- Splatterpunk
- Slasher
- Comic Dark Humor Cheesy
- Sci-Fi Horror
- Weird Pulp
- Redneck
Please bear in mind that the sub-genres listed above are NOT final. Its open for discussion amongst you, folks of HDC. If I have overlooked any, kindly point it out and lets see if it can have its own sub-genre or can it be merged into an existing one. Once the sub-genres are finalised, you may send me your recommendations in each sub-genre...out of which the final 100 (5 in each sub-genre) will be finalised.
Are you ready then, HDC? Let the project begin...bring forth your suggestions and lets do this!:cool:
