horror movie
Frightening cinema feature
A horror movie is a film designed to frighten, unsettle, or disturb its audience.
The genre trades in suspense, dread, and shock—often featuring supernatural threats, monsters, serial killers, or psychological terror.
Horror movies range from cheap slashers to prestige films exploring deeper anxieties: We watched horror movies all October.
The genre has devoted fans who seek out what others avoid.
- jump scareAbrupt frightening moment
- haunted houseDwelling believed spirit-inhabited
- goreGraphic bloody violence
- blood and gutsExtreme graphic violence
- final girlSlasher film's survivor
slasher film · chilling · creepy · scream queen · creature feature · nightmares · found footage · cheap thrills · ghosts · suspense · dread · chainsaw · body count · terror · moral panics · victim · catharsis · sequel
- Halloweenjack-o-lantern, trick or treating, haunted mansion, pumpkin, trick-or-treat
- horrorterror, fear, dread, haunted, bloody
- thrillsroller coasters, thrill, adrenaline, skydiving, bungee jump
- TV moviesTV movies, telefilms, made-for-TV, telefilm, mini-series
- indie filmindie films, indie film, independent, low budget, independent film
- drive-insdrive-in, drive-in theater, car speaker, speaker box, outdoor screen
horror moviecomedy
Work meant to amuse
romantic comedy · slapstick comedy · screwball comedy · farce · musical comedy
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