Horror Films by Subgenre

More horror movies are produced and released each year than any other film genre. While horror enjoys broad popularity, many hardcore fans voraciously consume films from their favorite subgenres while avoiding others entirely. This says something interesting about the films and their audiences.
This primer and reference guide defines and explores 75 alphabetically listed subgenres of horror film, from Abduction to Witchcraft and two Zombie subgenres. Each sizeable entry provides a critical survey of the subgenre, a detailed examination of its characteristic elements and themes, and a discussion of three or four exemplary titles as well as other titles of interest.

Chris Vander Kaay is an author and screenwriter, and his most recent film, The Redemption of Henry Myers, premiered on the Hallmark Movie Channel. He has written articles for Bloody Good Horror and Creative Screenwriting Magazine.
Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay is an author, screenwriter, and poet who co-wrote the script for the award-winning short film Freund, based on the life of cinematographer and The Mummy director Karl Freund and was a contributing writer for the Deseret News. Chris and Kathleen split their time between Florida and Nevada.

Chris Vander Kaay and Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 252
Bibliographic Info: 43 photos, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2016
pISBN: 978-0-7864-9837-6
eISBN: 978-1-4766-2283-5
Imprint: McFarland

Table of Contents

Preface  1
Abduction Horror  3
Alien Horror  6
Animal Attack Horror  9
Anthology Horror  13
Apocalypse and ­Post-Apocalypse Horror  16
Asylum Horror  20
Back from the Dead—Revenant Horror  24
Basement Horror  27
Battle with the Devil Horror  30
Body-Snatching Horror  33
Buried Alive Horror  37
Campground Horror  40
Cannibal Horror  43
Carnival-Circus Horror  47
Children in Danger Horror  50
Church-Convent-Monastery Horror  53
Comedy-Horror  56
Crazy Family Horror  59
Creepy Kid Horror  62
Crime Horror  65
Cult Horror  67
Demon-Possession Horror  70
Doll-Puppet-Ventriloquist-Dummy Horror  74
Doppelganger–Evil Twin Horror  77
Dream Horror  80
Ecological Horror  83
Filmmaking Horror  86
Found Footage Horror  89
Ghost Horror  92
Giallo Horror  95
Holiday Horror  98
Humans Hunting Humans Horror  101
Infection Horror  105
Invisible Being Horror  108
Literary Horror  111
Modern Zombie Horror  113
Mummy Horror  117
Nazi Horror  120
Old People Horror  124
Out-of-Control Machines Horror  127
Pregnancy Horror  129
Prison Horror  132
Psychic–Mental Powers Horror  135
Redneck Horror  138
Repressed Sexuality Horror  141
Road-Travel Horror  144
School Horror  147
Serial Killer Horror  150
Shape-Shifter Horror  152
Siege Horror  155
Single Location Horror  158
Single Person Horror  162
Slasher Horror  165
Split Personality Horror  169
Spooky Old House Horror  171
Stalking Horror  174
Subway Horror  177
Surgical-Medical Horror  180
Swamp Horror  183
Terror in Suburbia Horror  186
Theatrical Performance Horror  189
Tool Horror  193
Underwater Horror  197
Urban Legend Horror  200
Vampire Horror  202
Voodoo Zombie Horror  206
War Horror  210
Werewolf Horror  212
Western Horror  216
Witchcraft Horror  219
(Zombie see Modern Zombie Horror; Voodoo Zombie Horror)
Further Resources  222
Index  223

“the authors had a great understanding of horror on screen, and that the choices they made were wonderful ways of introducing fans and the curious to recent films that many of us may have missed”—Scarlet the Film Magazine; “a fun work”—Bookgasm; “a fun work”—Flick Attack.