Jessica Alba Imitates Famous Horror Movie Scenes For Latina Magazine (07 HQ Pics)

Horror films are movies that strive to elicit fear, horror and terror responses from viewers. In the plots of such films themes of the supernatural colliding with our world are very common.

Otherwise the theme can be completely “supernatural” without any trace whatsoever of reality.

Horror movies usually include a central villain. Early horror are largely based on classic literature of the gothic/ horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Later horror films, in contrast, often drew inspiration from the insecurities of life after World War II, giving rise to the three distinct, but related, sub-genres: the horror-of-personality Psycho film, the horror-of-armageddon Invasion of the Bodysnatchers film, and the horror-of-the-demonic Hellraiser film.

The last sub-genre may be seen as a modernized transition from the earliest horror films, expanding on their emphasis on supernatural agents that bring horror to the world.