4 types:-
1. Experimental refers to the early films which were explored and experimented with horror themes in its narrative.
Films such as The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919) and Nosferatu (1922) are included within the phrase.
These films were helped to formalise the conventions of the horror film in the earliest phase.
E.g. Nosferatu was a german expressionism film, they used a range of shadow to create the horrific genre and "Nosferatu" is used to symbolise Dracula because they couldn't use its original name to to copyright reasons
2. Classic refers to films which established the narrative convention of the horror genre in its most successful and defining period.
Hollywood films such as Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931) made by Universal Studios.
3. Parody refers to films that have mimicked the horror genre in some comical way, which means it has the codes and conventions but they re mocking it.
Films such as Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948), Carrying on Screaming (1968) and Scary Movie (1998)
E.g. Abbot ad Costello meet Frankenstein had the conventions of the horror genre but instead they used a bit of comedy into the film. So "Frankenstein" is mean't to be some sort of monster that has been brought to life but with he additional actors of "Abbot and Costello" it takes out some of the scariness and replaces it with comical views of this monstrous character.
4. Deconstruction refers to films which have taken the generic elements of the horror genre and combined them into varying sub-genres.
Films such as Se7en (1995), Scream (1996), The Blair Witch Project (1998) and The Sixth Sense (1999).
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