THE HORROR FILM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
SUBGENRE OVERVIEWS
THE VAMPIRE FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
DRACULA (1931): DIRECTOR TOD BROWNING
NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979): DIRECTOR WERNER HERZOG
THE LOST BOYS (1987): DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER
NEAR DARK (1987): DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008): DIRECTOR TOMAS ALFREDSON
THIRST (2009): DIRECTOR PARK CHAN-WOOK
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (2013): DIRECTOR JIM JARMUSCH
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014): DIRECTOR ANA LILLY AMIRPOUR
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014): DIRECTORS JERMAINE CLEMENT AND TAIKA WAITITI
JAKOB’S WIFE (2021): DIRECTOR TRAVIS STEVENS
EL CONDE (2023): DIRECTOR PABLO LARRAÍN
NOSFERATU (2024): DIRECTOR ROBERT EGGERS
THE SLASHER FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955): DIRECTOR CHARLES LAUGHTON
PSYCHO (1960): DIRECTOR ALFRED HITCHCOCK
THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974): DIRECTOR TOBE HOOPER
HALLOWEEN (1978): DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER
ALIEN (1979): DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT
FRIDAY THE 13TH, PARTS 1-3 (1980-1982): DIRECTORS SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM AND STEVE MINER
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984): DIRECTOR WES CRAVEN
THE TERMINATOR (1984): DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991): DIRECTOR JONATHAN DEMME
SCREAM (1996): DIRECTOR WES CRAVEN
AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000): DIRECTOR MARY HARRON
AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000): DIRECTOR MARY HARRON (Another Look)
YOU’RE NEXT (2011): DIRECTOR ADAM WINGARD
UNDER THE SKIN (2013): DIRECTOR JONATHAN GLAZER
IT FOLLOWS (2014): DIRECTOR DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL
REVENGE (2017): DIRECTOR CORALIE FARGEAT
JOKER (2019): DIRECTOR TODD PHILLIPS
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020): DIRECTOR EMERALD FENNELL
TITANE (2021): DIRECTOR JULIA DUCOURNAU
PEARL (2022): DIRECTOR TI WEST
THE SUPERNATURAL HORROR FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968): DIRECTOR ROMAN POLANSKI
THE EXORCIST (1973): DIRECTOR WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
THE SHINING (1980): DIRECTOR STANLEY KUBRICK
EVIL DEAD II (1987): DIRECTOR SAM RAIMI
DRAG ME TO HELL (2009): DIRECTOR SAM RAIMI
IT FOLLOWS (2014): DIRECTOR DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL
THE WITCH (2015): DIRECTOR ROBERT EGGERS
THE WITCH (2015) AND THE LOVE WITCH (2016)
THE WAILING (2016): DIRECTOR NA HONG-JIN
THE BABADOOK (2017): DIRECTOR JENNIFER KENT
HEREDITARY (2018): DIRECTOR ARI ASTER
THE POSTMODERN HORROR FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
POSTMODERNISM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
EVIL DEAD II (1987): DIRECTOR SAM RAIMI
AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000): DIRECTOR MARY HARRON
SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004): DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012): DIRECTOR DREW GODDARD
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (2013): DIRECTOR JIM JARMUSCH
ANNIHILATION (2018): DIRECTOR ALEX GARLAND
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2018): DIRECTOR BOOTS RILEY
JOKER (2019): DIRECTOR TODD PHILLIPS
EL CONDE (2023): DIRECTOR PABLO LARRAÍN
THE ZOMBIE FILM: AN INTRODUCTION
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968): DIRECTOR GEORGE A. ROMERO
28 DAYS LATER (2002): DIRECTOR DANNY BOYLE
SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004): DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT
THE DEAD DON’T DIE (2019): DIRECTOR JIM JARMUSCH
NOIR HORROR FILMS: AN INTRODUCTION
CAT PEOPLE (1942): DIRECTOR JACQUES TOURNEUR
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955): DIRECTOR CHARLES LAUGHTON
PSYCHO (1960): DIRECTOR ALFRED HITCHCOCK
FOLK HORROR: AN INTRODUCTION
THE WICKER MAN (1973): DIRECTOR ROBIN HARDY
MIDSOMMAR (2019): DIRECTOR ARI ASTER
IN THE EARTH (2021): DIRECTOR BEN WHEATLEY
MEN (2022): DIRECTOR ALEX GARLAND
FRANKENSTEIN FILMS
FRANKENSTEIN (1931): DIRECTOR JAMES WHALE
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935): DIRECTOR JAMES WHALE
EX MACHINA (2014): DIRECTOR ALEX GARLAND
DEPRAVED (2017): DIRECTOR LARRY FESSENDEN
POOR THINGS (2023): YORGOS LANTHIMOS
ECO-HORROR FILMS
IN THE EARTH (2021): DIRECTOR BEN WHEATLEY
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022): DIRECTOR DAVID CRONENBERG
SOCIAL HORROR FILMS
CARRIE (1976): DIRECTOR BRIAN DE PALMA
PAN’S LABYRINTH (2006): DIRECTOR GUILLERMO DEL TORO
GET OUT (2017): DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2018): DIRECTOR BOOTS RILEY
PARASITE (2019): DIRECTOR BONG JOON-HO
US (2019): DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE
DON’T WORRY DARLING (2022): DIRECTOR OLIVIA WILDE
MEN (2022): DIRECTOR ALEX GARLAND
NOPE (2022): DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE
INFINITY POOL (2023): DIRECTOR BRANDON CRONENBERG
RURAL/BACKWOODS HORROR
THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974): DIRECTOR TOBE HOOPER
THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977): DIRECTOR WES CRAVEN
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012): DIRECTOR DREW GODDARD
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR
PSYCHO (1960): DIRECTOR ALFRED HITCHCOCK
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991): DIRECTOR JONATHAN DEMME
AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000): DIRECTOR MARY HARRON
MOTHER! (2017): DIRECTOR DARREN ARONOFSKY
JOKER (2019): DIRECTOR TODD PHILLIPS
THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019): DIRECTOR ROBERT EGGERS
SCIENCE FICTION HORROR
KING KONG (1933): DIRECTORS MERIAN C. COOPER AND ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK
GODZILLA AND RELATED GIANT MONSTERS
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956): DIRECTOR DON SIEGEL
JAWS (1975): DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG
ALIEN (1979): DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT
THE TERMINATOR (1984): DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON
THEY LIVE (1988): DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER
EVENT HORIZON (1997): DIRECTOR PAUL W. S. ANDERSON
DON’T WORRY DARLING (2022): DIRECTOR OLIVIA WILDE
NOPE (2022): DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE
COURSE CLUSTERS
HORROR FILM AND THE FEAR OF THE PRE-MODERN