Serious question...not to detract from some funny comments..Would you care to elaborate/expound on the definiton of the "horror " genre. I'm not that into film, per se, but it seems to me that more than half of the films listed here wouldn't be defined as "horror"..Best example is Jaws..to me, very scary film.. I saw it in Florida the weekend it opened..For the next week..nobody went in the ocean ..yet is it really a "horror" flick?
I don't think "Horror" can be defined as a specific Genre, personally, as there really can't be one all-defining thing - I think "Horror" is more of an emotive thing - perhaps even primal...
But that's just me :)
Best example is Jaws..to me, very scary film.. I saw it in Florida the weekend it opened..For the next week..nobody went in the ocean ..yet is it really a "horror" flick?
Well I would think so..I wouldn't consider it a comedy, not a drama, not suspense, wouldn't think of it as sci-fiction, so I would think horror.
I think that if a film's intent is to induce fear, terror, or revulsion in the audience, as well as disturb them for a while afterwards, the movie qualifies as horror. The "classic" elements (monsters, slashers, etc.) need not be physically present for this to occur.