In horror films they are designed to make the audience feel unsettled watching them. The aim is to frighten and panic, to cause dread and alarm. The idea of horror type films is to invoke our hidden worst fears. These are often terrifying which shocks us but is still captivating and entertaining at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films often center on the dark side of life. This can be shown as adventuring into the forbidden, with strange and alarming events that follow looking into the unknown. It deals with our most primal nature and it's fears: our nightmares, our vulnerability, our alienation, our revulsion's, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death and dismemberment, loss of identity, or even dear of sexuality.
Whatever dark, primitive, and revolting traits that simultaneously attract and repel us are featured in the horror genre. Horror films are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. The fantasy and supernatural film genres are not synonymous with the horror genre, although thriller films may have some relation when they focus on the revolting and horrible acts of the killer/madman. Horror films are also known as chillers, scary movies, spookfests, and the macabre.
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