Vampires in horror films are invariably undead creatures thirsty for blood and vulnerable to sunlight. Additional rules then differs slightly…

A little later, filmmakers found more scientific ways to create zombies. Multiples movies started to based their story on viruses…

Revenge is hardly a new idea. From Achilles going on a rampage after his best friend and cousin is killed,…

Initiated by the oppressive atmosphere of earlier films such as Scream or Funny Games, the home invasion became a genre…

This sub-genre regroups the monster films that have either been inspired by early roman (e.g. Frankenstein in 1818 or The…

Gothic Horror defines a very atmospheric type of horror, a blend between dark horror, melancholy and romance. Associated with the…

This sub-genre is the closest to thriller as horror gets. Crime usually follow police investigation, wherea Giallo describes the waves…

Created with early movies such as 2000 Maniacs (1964) or Deliverance (1972), this unofficial sub-genre plays on the myth that…

Splatter is the default term to define gory films. Emphasizing on gruesome scenes, splatter films slightly differs from torture films…

At the limit with science-fiction, this sub-genre often features a hero (quite often a teen or a kid for some…

This sub-genre embrace all the films whose horror can be related to something found in nature: famous predators such as…

This subgenre of horror could be listed with the mythological sub-genre since the creatures it features are often derived from…