| | [[Image:Psycho1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho]] A '''horror [[movie]]''' or [[film]] are movies meant to cause fear, horror and terror to viewers. They are sometimes referred to as slasher films, which involves a psychopathic killer murdering it's [[victim]]s. They frequently have graphic [[violence]], resulting in criticisms. [[France]]'s Le Manoir du diable (The House of the Devil in [[English]]) of 1896 is credited as the first horror movie. [[Alfred Hitchcock]] is perhaps known as the most respected directer of horror and psychological thriller films. | | [[Image:Psycho1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho]] A '''horror [[movie]]''' or [[film]] are movies meant to cause fear, horror and terror to viewers. They are sometimes referred to as slasher films, which involves a psychopathic killer murdering it's [[victim]]s. They frequently have graphic [[violence]], resulting in criticisms. [[France]]'s Le Manoir du diable (The House of the Devil in [[English]]) of 1896 is credited as the first horror movie. [[Alfred Hitchcock]] is perhaps known as the most respected directer of horror and psychological thriller films. |
| − | Some of the most well known horror films include [[Frankenstein]] (1931), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), The Exorcist (1973), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Jaws (1975), Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (1980), The Shining (1980), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Scream (1996), and The Sixth Sense (1999). | + | Some of the most well known horror films include [[Frankenstein]] (1931), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), The Exorcist (1973), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (1980), The Shining (1980), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Scream (1996), and The Sixth Sense (1999). |