What are your favorite Horror Genres and Films?

[Zivouhr]

What are your favorite Horror Genres and Films?

Action-Horror
Alien Invaders Horror
Animated Horror
Cheesy Horror
Classic (Black & White Film) Horror
Comedy-Horror
Decade Horror (30s,40s,50s,60s,70s,80s,90s,00s,etc)
Demented Rural Family Horror
Famous Monsters Horror
Famous Author/Director Horror
Folklore/Legend/Myth Horror
Foreign Film Horror
Found Footage Horror
Giant Monster Horror
Gothic Horror
Gory Horror
Haunted/Ghost Horror
Holiday Themed Horror
Jump-Scare Horror
Natural/Disaster Horror
Monster/Creature/Animal Horror
Mystery Horror
Outer Space/Planet Horror
Possessed Horror
Psychological Horror
Slasher Horror
Slow Build Horror
Strange Horror
Supernatural Horror
Surreal Horror
Survival Horror
Torture Horror
True Crime Horror
Vampire Horror
Werewolf Horror
Zombie Horror
Other

[unberechenbar]

I'm a fan of aquatic horror personally.

[Röckzilla]

You forgot to include the most important category:

ALL Horror...

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

I'm a fan of aquatic horror personally.

Thanks. Monster/Creature/Animal horror could work for Jaws style films about fish or giant sharks.

Originally Posted by Röckzilla

You forgot to include the most important category:

ALL Horror...

Ha, that's true. Thanks. Although I was hoping to see which specific genres get the most votes over time.

[Röckzilla]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Ha, that's true. Thanks. Although I was hoping to see which specific genres get the most votes over time.

Of course I kid, I kid...

However, for a more serious response:

I couldn't help but create my own categories instead (sorry about that). Please feel free to reinterpret or recategorize them anyway you see fit.

My absolute favorites are the following:

1. Kaiju & Tokusatsu
   [Show spoiler](Godzilla, Gamera, Ultraman, etc....)
2. Italian
   [Show spoiler](Cannibals, Zombies, Gialli, anything really...)
3. 1950’s
   [Show spoiler](any kind of Horror, Sci-Fi, or Fantasy film released sometime between 1950 - 1959)
4. Tiny Terrors
   [Show spoiler](things like Gremlins, Critters, Ghoulies, Killer Dolls/Puppets, etc....)
5. Killer Animals
   [Show spoiler](Sharks, Crocodiles, Snakes, Spiders, Bees, etc....)
6. Slasher
7. Aquatic & Tropical
   [Show spoiler](anything relating to oceans, lakes, rivers, swamps, islands, jungles, etc....)
8. Halloween & October
   [Show spoiler](anything relating to the holiday and season plus pumpkins and scarecrows...)
9. Aliens & Cryptids
   [Show spoiler](“realistic” Grey Aliens, Bigfoot, Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, etc....)
10. Classic “Transylvanian” Monsters
    [Show spoiler](Frankenstein’s Monsters, Vampires, Werewolves, Mummies, etc....)
11. American International Pictures & Roger Corman Productions
    [Show spoiler](basically all films made by AIP or associated with Roger Corman)
12. Empire Pictures Productions
    [Show spoiler](basically all films made by this company)
13. Monsters & Creatures
    [Show spoiler](pretty much anything else that isn't covered by the categories listed above)

But again, I'm not very picky when it comes to horror films (at least the ones released before 2008. Anything released after 2007 barely even intrests me "sad to say..." ).

[Mikezilla3k]

Out of those:

Alien Invaders, Classic B&W, Giant Monster, Haunted/Ghost, Monster/Creature/Animal, Outer Space/Planet, and Werewolf

[John1701D]

Any horror that works for it and doesn't resort to jump scares or sick gore/torture. Dread and uneasiness is underrated.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by John1701D

Dread and uneasiness is underrated.

Not when those two "qualities" belong to your ex-mother-in-law. Unless she was a friend of yours...

[John1701D]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

Not when those two "qualities" belong to your ex-mother-in-law. Unless she was a friend of yours...

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by John1701D

She wishes she were as cool as Endora. Well, maybe not now.

One of the first conversations I had with her was regarding The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I mentioned that it wasn't really a true story and she got right in my face to argue. Why?

Whatever. She's been worm food for years.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

What are your favorite Horror Genres and Films?

Action-Horror
Alien Invaders Horror
Animated Horror
Cheesy Horror
Classic (Black & White Film) Horror
Comedy-Horror
Decade Horror (30s,40s,50s,60s,70s,80s,90s,00s,etc)
Demented Rural Family Horror
Famous Monsters Horror
Famous Author/Director Horror
Folklore/Legend/Myth Horror
Foreign Film Horror
Found Footage Horror
Giant Monster Horror
Gothic Horror
Gory Horror
Haunted/Ghost Horror
Holiday Themed Horror
Jump-Scare Horror
Natural/Disaster Horror
Monster/Creature/Animal Horror
Mystery Horror
Outer Space/Planet Horror
Possessed Horror
Psychological Horror
Slasher Horror
Slow Build Horror
Strange Horror
Supernatural Horror
Surreal Horror
Survival Horror
Torture Horror
True Crime Horror
Vampire Horror
Werewolf Horror
Zombie Horror
Other

I highlighted some of my favorites--- atmosphere, creepy visuals, strong mood and sense of dread are my biggest hot buttons...

[Rzzzz]

I love all kinds of horror but my favorite would definitely be giant monster horror.
Two of my favorites...

[AuYeung]

I'm not sure if Threads fits neatly into any one category. I suppose a story about life after a nuclear holocaust might be considered Survival Horror or Post-Apocalypse Horror. But I can see some people saying the latter is just a subcategory of the former. I think Threads best fits under Not-Fun-to-Watch Horror because it's legitimately horrific in ways that aren't enjoyable. That's a pretty impressive feat considering it's a made-for-TV movie from the BBC.

I think the same can be said for Come and See. When you watch something like this you realize most war movies are actually adventure films or action movies that have little to do with what it's like to be in actual large-scale combat. I remember Come and See being called the "most horrifying movie that's not a horror film" or something along those lines. But I'd argue that it *is* a horror movie since it makes you understand that war is truly hell and shows a teen losing both his innocence and his mind. Threads was still a harder one to sit through for me but Come and See isn't far behind.

[spider-neil]

Psychological horror. I’m too old to be scared by gore and jump scares.

[Cruel Angel]

For me:

classic black and white
famous monsters
giant monster
gothic
haunted/ ghost
holiday theme
possessed
slasher
supernatural
vampire
werewolf
zombie

[EvaDK]

What are your favorite Horror Genres?

Yes.

Joke aside, if I have to pick one, it has to be phycological horror. To really live rent free in my mind for the rest of my days, you have to unsettle it.

[darkness2918]

I enjoy all types of horror but slashers & foreign horror (especially Asian) are my favorites.

[Remo Williams]

I'm here just to say that EVIL DEAD II is not a comedy or a horror-comedy, but a horror movie with a bit of dark humour into it.

That's it.

[Al_The_Strange]

I like a good range of horror, and I will watch most anything dealing with the supernatural, the gothic, monsters, killer animals, zombies, werewolves, vampires, aliens, kaiju, and whatever. I'm pretty lukewarm towards slashers, torture movies, and serial killer movies--some intrigue me though. I probably like the found footage genre the least (although "jump scare" as a genre is something I would find annoying). Tried to like the Italian gaillo movies, but they just don't do it for me. Starting appreciating folk horror more these days, but I neglected to vote on it.

These days, I find myself digging cosmic horror the most. More than just aliens and monsters and such, it's the fear of huge, god-like Eldrich horrors so vast and incomprehensible that they drive people insane just knowing about them (in a classic Lovecraftian sense anyway). Something about it hits me harder and leaves me more unsettled than usual, probably because of the nihilism inherent to the concept. Favorites of mine under this umbrella would be The Thing (well, heck, all of JC's Apocalypse Trilogy for that matter), The Mist, Mandy, and Annihilation.

[EvaDK]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

These days, I find myself digging cosmic horror the most. More than just aliens and monsters and such, it's the fear of huge, god-like Eldrich horrors so vast and incomprehensible that they drive people insane just knowing about them (in a classic Lovecraftian sense anyway)...

Have you seen The Empty Man?