Take note of how the filmmaker utilizes Context, Contrast, and Contempt. Sub-genres The Horror genre is filled♣️ with many sub-genres and cycles , as successful films always spawn more like them.

Horror movies tend to follow a standard three-act movie structure. In Act One, the threat appears. In Act Two, the♣️ characters learn the meaning of the threat, and begin to fight back. And in Act Three, the characters face a♣️ final confrontation with the threat  either surviving (forever changed), or dying.