teen horror
Young-adult fright films
Teen horror is a subgenre of horror fiction or film featuring adolescent protagonists facing supernatural threats, slashers, or other terrors.
The stories typically unfold in high school settings and weave horror elements with coming-of-age themes—first love, social hierarchies, parental conflict: Scream revitalized teen horror in the nineties.
The genre often uses monsters as metaphors for adolescent anxieties.
- slasherKnife-wielding horror villain
- screamLoud sharp cry
- babysitterHired child caretaker
- promHigh school formal dance
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
masked · killer clown · killer · cheerleader · woods · summer camp · basement · party · blood · chase · suspense · final girl · jump scare · creepy · stalker · camp · supernatural · possessed
- horrorterror, fear, dread, haunted, bloody
- teen filmshigh school drama
- YA fictionyoung adult, YA, juvenile fiction, youth literature, middle grade
teen horrorteen romance
Youthful romantic relationship
teen comedy · romantic comedy · young adult romance · cozy mystery · light entertainment
teen horrorpsychological horror
Fear targeting the psyche
arthouse horror · arthouse drama · literary horror · existential dread · cosmic horror
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