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Research on the Horror Genre

Horror Films from 1960 – 2009 Money Made
1st Weekend
US Gross
Worldwide Gross
Budget

Totals $9,550,454,019 $15,109,920,219 $3,752,706,000
Averages $22,210,358 $35,139,349 $18,041,856

Year Movies in
Release Market
Share Gross Tickets Sold Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross Top-Grossing Movie Gross that Year
1995
16
2.78%
$147,196,046 33,838,170 $232,806,610 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
$20,943,520
1996
8
1.70%
$94,800,900 21,448,169 $147,563,403 From Dusk Till Dawn
$25,728,961
1997
10
6.54%
$425,383,665 92,676,180 $637,612,118 Scream 2
$85,492,042
1998
15
4.69%
$317,637,319 67,726,507 $465,958,368 Halloween: H2O
$55,004,135
1999
15
6.54%
$477,074,576 93,912,317 $646,116,741 The Blair Witch Project
$140,530,114
2000
12
4.45%
$332,969,478 61,775,414 $425,014,848 Scream 3
$89,138,076
2001
14
4.81%
$391,052,039 69,090,467 $475,342,413 Hannibal
$165,091,986
2002
11
3.23%
$296,701,842 51,067,443 $351,344,008 The Ring
$126,761,025
2003
16
5.19%
$485,046,435 80,438,880 $553,419,494 Freddy vs. Jason
$82,490,748
2004
20
5.02%
$464,766,650 74,841,650 $514,910,552 The Grudge
$110,175,871
2005
29
5.72%
$512,090,674 79,889,342 $549,638,673 Saw II
$87,025,093
2006
28
5.98%
$553,291,644 84,472,008 $581,167,415 Saw III
$80,238,724
2007
31
7.14%
$689,177,574 100,171,155 $689,177,546 I am Legend
$206,129,574
2008
25
2.99%
$294,256,854 40,982,851 $281,962,015 Saw V
$56,746,769
2009
23
5.46%
$476,375,683 66,347,589 $456,471,412 The Final Destination
$66,436,248
Year by Year Market Share

Reference: http://www.the-numbers.com/market/Genres/Horror.php


The highest grossing Horror film of all-time was the Sixth Sense as it made $673 million dollars since its release.

Genre of all film releases

the relative popularity of different genres at the box office in the UK and Republic of Ireland in

2008. Comedy was once again the top grossing genre (earning Ł222.4 million), followed by action (Ł203.7 million).

Films released in the UK and Republic of Ireland by genre, 2008, ranked by gross box office

Genre Number of releases % Gross box office

Comedy 140 23.8

Action 41 21.8

Musical 17 12.3

Animation 21 9.8

Adventure 13 9.4

Drama 122 4.4

Sci-fi 8 4.0

Fantasy 10 3.9

Crime 19 21

Horror 28 2.5

Thriller 28 2.3

Family 4 1.4T

Total 527 100

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Horror films Codes and Conventions

Horror films are unsettling films that frighten/ panic (scare), often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while entertaining us at the same time I. Horror films centre on the dark side of life, the forbidden, and strange and alarming events whereas in other genres such as rom com the setting is usually focusing on the bright side of life.
Horror films involve a set of codes and conventions that gives the audience the idea that they are watching a horror film. In most media texts, the codes and conventions displayed within the narrative of the film are portrayed to an effect that will suggest important aspects of the film i.e. lead characters typical codes and conventions are blood, death, killing villain, victims, haunted houses, isolated settings, weapons, darkness ,storms, chase sequences, violence, screams, animal noises, dog barking, also during the films there are several colours especially in the opening credits such as black and white credits that may fade away and red in the back ground to emphasise blood, also the setting will be foggy misty and a dark shadowy setting. The usual characters in a horror are:
The hero – the one on the quest and the one who saves the day
The villain – the evil one who causes the Violence murder blood and gore
Villains’ Sidekick - Person who helps villain
There is usually good against evil the lead character normally survives throughout the film, the killer/ monster that leaves a trademark like a weapon or has a mask, the villain always gets defeated in the end or found out.
There are different types of horror films such as:
The Slasher Flick or Dead Teenager Horror movies
The film usually has a dark in tone. Where there are murders taking place manly with weapons like knives, machetes and axes. The Slasher genre was created by Halloween (1979); other examples of Slasher Movies are Friday The 13th and Halloween 2, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Scream Series, IKWYDLS and Wes Craven's New Nightmare and Slumber Party Massacre.
Gothic/horror genre
These films usually started in the 1930s – 1940s. dark black grey setting and generally black and white they are based on literature books like Frankenstein, other examples of gothic horror are Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Monster Movies
These horror films are based on monsters, a creature of any kind, and mainly attacking a bunch of people to act as a buffet for the monster. Examples of monster movies are The Blob, The Thing, The Fly., Alien, Tentacles and one of the most popular is Jaws, Jurassic Park, Anaconda, Lost World, Mimic, Wish master, American Werewolf in Paris. and Deep Rising.


Dramatic Horror
These are of a slow build up with a lot of suspense they rarely have to do with monsters or murderers, though some like Silence of the Lambs, Mimic and Psycho, do. Most of these movies deal with the devil and religion also plays a factor; examples of dramatic horror are Psycho, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, Devil’s Advocate, or Inner Turmoil, The Apartment, Mouth of Madness, and Event Horizon.








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