HORROR FILM

THE HORROR FILM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

SUBGENRE OVERVIEWS

THE VAMPIRE FILM: AN INTRODUCTION

THE SLASHER FILM: AN INTRODUCTION

THE SUPERNATURAL HORROR FILM: AN INTRODUCTION

THE POSTMODERN HORROR FILM: AN INTRODUCTION

THE ZOMBIE FILM: AN INTRODUCTION

NOIR HORROR FILMS: AN INTRODUCTION

FOLK HORROR: AN INTRODUCTION

INDIVIDUAL FILMS

28 DAYS LATER (2002): DIRECTOR DANNY BOYLE

ALIEN (1979): DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT

AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000): DIRECTOR MARY HARRON

ANNIHILATION (2018): DIRECTOR ALEX GARLAND

THE BABADOOK (2017): DIRECTOR JENNIFER KENT

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935): DIRECTOR JAMES WHALE

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012): DIRECTOR DREW GODDARD

CARRIE (1976): DIRECTOR BRIAN DE PALMA

CAT PEOPLE (1942): DIRECTOR JACQUES TOURNEUR

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022): DIRECTOR DAVID CRONENBERG

THE DEAD DON’T DIE (2019): DIRECTOR JIM JARMUSCH

DON’T WORRY DARLING (2022): DIRECTOR OLIVIA WILDE

DRACULA (1931): DIRECTOR TOD BROWNING

DRAG ME TO HELL (2009): DIRECTOR SAM RAIMI

EVIL DEAD II (1987): DIRECTOR SAM RAIMI

EX MACHINA (2014): DIRECTOR ALEX GARLAND

THE EXORCIST (1973): DIRECTOR WILLIAM FRIEDKIN

FRANKENSTEIN (1931): DIRECTOR JAMES WHALE

FRIDAY THE 13TH, PARTS 1-3 (1980-1982): DIRECTORS SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM AND STEVE MINER

GET OUT (2017): DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE

GODZILLA AND RELATED GIANT MONSTERS

HALLOWEEN (1978): DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER

HEREDITARY (2018): DIRECTOR ARI ASTER

IN THE EARTH (2021): DIRECTOR BEN WHEATLEY

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956): DIRECTOR DON SIEGEL

IT FOLLOWS (2014): DIRECTOR DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL

JAWS (1975): DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG

JOKER (2019): DIRECTOR TODD PHILLIPS

KING KONG (1933): DIRECTORS MERIAN C. COOPER AND ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008): DIRECTOR TOMAS ALFREDSON

THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019): DIRECTOR ROBERT EGGERS

THE LOST BOYS (1987): DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER

MIDSOMMAR (2019): DIRECTOR ARI ASTER

MOTHER! (2017): DIRECTOR DARREN ARONOFSKY

NEAR DARK (1987): DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955): DIRECTOR CHARLES LAUGHTON

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968): DIRECTOR GEORGE A. ROMERO

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984): DIRECTOR WES CRAVEN

NOPE (2022): DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE

NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979): DIRECTOR WERNER HERZOG

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (2013): DIRECTOR JIM JARMUSCH

PARASITE (2019): DIRECTOR BONG JOON-HO

PEARL (2022): DIRECTOR TI WEST

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020): DIRECTOR EMERALD FENNELL

PSYCHO (1960): DIRECTOR ALFRED HITCHCOCK

REVENGE (2017): DIRECTOR CORALIE FARGEAT

ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968): DIRECTOR ROMAN POLANSKI

SCREAM (1996): DIRECTOR WES CRAVEN

SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004): DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT

THE SHINING (1980): DIRECTOR STANLEY KUBRICK

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991): DIRECTOR JONATHAN DEMME

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2018): DIRECTOR BOOTS RILEY

THE TERMINATOR (1984): DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974): DIRECTOR TOBE HOOPER

THEY LIVE (1988): DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER

TITANE (2021): DIRECTOR JULIA DUCOURNAU

UNDER THE SKIN (2013): DIRECTOR JONATHAN GLAZER

US (2019): DIRECTOR JORDAN PEELE

THE WAILING (2016): DIRECTOR NA HONG-JIN

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014): DIRECTORS JERMAINE CLEMENT AND TAIKA WAITITI

THE WICKER MAN (1973): DIRECTOR ROBIN HARDY

THE WITCH (2015): DIRECTOR ROBERT EGGERS

THE WITCH (2015) AND THE LOVE WITCH (2016)

YOU’RE NEXT (2011): DIRECTOR ADAM WINGARD

POSTMODERNISM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION