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Butchers / Slashers / Rippers: finding the psychopath type in film

A lot of people have a lot to say about the movie genre: Horror movies. While they disagree some, you can get lots of helpful information.

1. First, Horror movies are as recent as the invention of Movies. But, that is just the horror story in film media.

2. But, the horror story is as old as "time", and ranges from the first complete stories of Homer, to the stories of the Bible, Koran, and Bagavad Gita, to Grimm's gory, dark fairy tales.

3. there is differing views of the movies, even from authors and college professors of that ilk.

4. Bummer, there are some references to the genre that have hidden messages with moral evaluations of the genre seemingly written by some really old religious moralist, or Sheryl, a lady who things the genre is so disgusting she wants no word of it in her house. And, this is where for one, time, we'll not refer you to Wikipedia, because that listing for horror has vast errors in it. It is mentioned at the top of the post about the errors, but this is not worth your time.

Here is one list of sub-categories:

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from: https://www.lafilm.edu/blog/subgenres-of-horror-films-explained/

8 Horror Subgenres

While all horror films are meant to frighten audiences, there are a number of different methods and subgenres of horror that filmmakers may use to make their films scary:

Psychological horror: Psychological horror films rely on mental and emotional fear, rather than violence or monsters, focusing on characters’ states of mind throughout the story. Examples of psychological horror include The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, and Psycho.
Slasher: Slasher films usually focus on a serial killer (think Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger) as they go after a group of people. Classic slasher films include Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Gore: Gore films, also called splatter films, zero in on the vulnerability of the human body, often with frequent close-ups. Examples of gore films include The Evil Dead and Saw.
Body horror: Closely related to gore, films in the body horror subgenre may feature scenes of the human body that has been severely altered. Filmmaker David Cronenberg is considered a pioneer in the body horror subgenre. Horror films that feature body horror include The Fly, The Thing, and The Exorcist.
Found footage: Found footage is a horror genre in which the film is portrayed as if it were “discovered” by the filmmakers rather than created by them. For instance, main characters finding footage of an unknown evil on an old video recorder. Examples of found footage films include The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield.
Monster horror: Many horror films capitalize on the fear of the unknown by featuring frightening monsters from science fiction and dark fantasy. Werewolves, vampires, aliens are often the main antagonists of this horror subgenre. Most recently, undead and zombie films have been an especially popular form of the classic monster movie. Examples of monster horror films include Night of the Living Dead, Resident Evil, Dawn of the Dead, Jaws, Godzilla, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, and Alien.
Paranormal horror: The paranormal horror subgenre is similar to monster horror, but rather than featuring corporeal beings, paranormal horror focuses on the monsters we can’t touch—supernatural entities like ghosts, spirits, and demons. Paranormal films often feature haunted houses, possession, exorcism, or occult worship. Examples of paranormal horror include The Exorcist, Paranormal Activity, The Conjuring, The Amityville Horror, The Omen, Carrie, and Poltergeist.
Comedy horror: Horror doesn’t always have to leave your skin crawling—there is an entire subset of horror movies that aims to make you laugh at the same time. Examples of comedy horror include Scream, The Cabin in the Woods, Shaun of the Dead, and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.