The Texas Chain Saw Massacre writer / creator Kim Henkel cited " A Modest Proposal " as an influence in scripting his 2011 horror film " Boneboys ," directed by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks.

Originally announced as Tales of India and Irony ( a collection of non fantasy / science fiction / horror tales, planned to be available only to subscribers of above collection ).

Doom, a science fiction / horror themed video game, has a background which is given in the game's instruction manual ; the rest of the story is advanced with short messages displayed between each section of the game ( called episodes ), the action as the player character progresses through the levels, and some visual cues.

Gracen recently begun doing voiceover work for Blue Hours Productions, a company that creates retro-themed horror / science fiction / fantasy audio dramas.

Empire magazine praised the film saying " the gaudily gory, virtuoso, hyper-kinetic horror sequel / remake uses every trick in the cinematic book " and confirms that " Bruce Campbell and Raimi are gods " and Caryn James of The New York Times called it " genuine, if bizarre, proof of Sam Raimi's talent and developing skill.

In the mid-1970s, North Carolina teenager Sam Irvin published the horror / science-fiction fanzine Bizarre which included his original interviews with UK actors and filmmakers ; Irvin would later become a producer-director in his own right.

Or when the supernatural / fantasy forces are specifically intended to frighten the audience, a fantasy film falls more within the horror genre.

* Science Fiction horror – Often revolves around subjects that include but are not limited to killer aliens, mad scientists, and / or experiments gone wrong.

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a genre of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, scare or startle viewers / readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.

Enduring icons of horror derived from these stories include Victor Frankenstein and Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula, and Dr Jekyll / Mr Hyde.

Doom featured a sci-fi / horror setting with graphic quality that had never been seen on personal computers or even video game consoles.

He played a character who saved his town from under-the-earth " graboid " monsters in the comedy / horror film Tremorsa role that People found him " far too accomplished " to playand portrayed an earnest medical student experimenting with death in Joel Schumacher's Flatliners.

* Legion ( 2010 film ) a 2010 fantasy / horror film

The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action-adventure, romance, sports and games, historical drama, comedy, science fiction and fantasy, mystery, horror, sexuality, and business / commerce, among others.

* The Angry Red Planet ( 1959 ) – A low-budget horror / science fiction film.

* horror / occult ( including " weird menace ")

He accepted the job of directing Alien, the 1979 horror / science-fiction film that would win him international success.

* Rogue ( film ), a 2007 horror / thriller film

Gellar came into prominence in the late 1990s when she landed significant parts in the successful horror films I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream 2 and played Buffy Summers on the WB / UPN television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she won six Teen Choice Awards and the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actress and received a Golden Globe Award nomination.

He is best known for directing cult horror / comedy films the Evil Dead series, the action / superhero film Darkman, crime thriller A Simple Plan and supernatural horror Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Legend of the Seeker ( also the creator ) and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

BRP games in Japanese are Houkago Kaiki Club ( 1997, school life and horror, Hobby Japan ), Genom Seed ( 2004, mutant action, Shinkigensha ) and Taitei no Ken RPG ( 2007, SciFi-jidaigeki, based on movie of the same title, Shinkigensha ).

When the game design phase began in late 1992, the main thematic influences were the science fiction action film Aliens and the horror film Evil Dead II.

* Action Horror-A subgenre combining the intrusion of an evil force, event, or supernatural personage of horror movies with the gunfights and frenetic chases of the action genre.

Rodríguez grew up shooting action and horror short films on video, and editing on two VCRs.

Suspension of disbelief often applies to fictional works of the action, comedy, science fiction, and horror genres.

* Action Horror-A subgenre combining the intrusion of an evil force, event, or supernatural personage of horror movies with the gunfights and frenetic chases of the action genre.

Although primarily known for the View Askew film series, Smith also directed and produced films such as the buddy cop action comedy Cop Out, as well as the horror film Red State.

Her 1986 Academy Award nomination for Aliens is considered as a landmark in the recognition of science fiction, action, and horror genres, as well as a major step in challenging the gender role in cinema.

The West Coast division of TSR was opened to develop various entertainment projects, including a series of science fiction, horror, and action / adventure comic books.

At least two major films have been set in Nome, but not filmed there: the 1995 animated / live action family film Balto starring Kevin Bacon, and the 2009 science-fiction / horror film The Fourth Kind starring Milla Jovovich.

Margheriti is known for his science fiction, horror, spaghetti western and action movies.

Attack the Block is the directorial debut of Cornish, a science fiction action comedy horror film set in South London that pitches a gang of youths against an alien invasion.

She is known for playing the title role in the TV miniseries, Helen of Troy, her portrayal of Jill Valentine in the science fiction action horror film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and as elf princess Arya Dröttningu in fantasy-adventure film, Eragon.

Ain't It Cool News ( AICN ) is a website founded and run by Harry Knowles, dedicated to news, rumors and reviews of upcoming and currently playing films and television projects, with an emphasis on science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic-book and action genres.

The horror and action genres often overlap with the thriller genre.

Wethersfield native, author Thomas Tryon also set his action / romance novels The Wings of the Morning and In the Fire of Spring in Wethersfield, as also a mystery / horror novel The Other.

* Underworld ( film series ), a horror / action film series with four installments

Genre-defining titles attributed to Konami include the vampire-hunting side scroller Castlevania series, the survival horror Silent Hill series, the action / shooter Contra series, the platform / adventure Ganbare Goemon series, the espionage action Metal Gear series, the console role-playing Suikoden series, the music-oriented Bemani series ( which includes Dance Dance Revolution, Beatmania, GuitarFreaks, DrumMania, and Pop ' n Music, among others ) and the dating simulation Tokimeki Memorial series.

Starting with the release of Resident Evil 4 in 2005, the genre began to incorporate more features from action games, which has led game journalists to question whether long-standing survival horror franchises have abandoned the genre.

While many action games feature lone protagonists versus swarms of enemies in a suspenseful environment, survival horror games are distinct from otherwise horror-themed action games.

* Aberration ( film ), a horror movie

* Bloody Mary ( TV movie ), a 2002 horror television film

( Tod Browning's 1932 horror classic Freaks, the original midnight movie revival, is both too dark and too sociologically acute to readily consume as camp.

The 2002 horror movie The Ring was in part filmed near the pass.

The producers of a horror film called Ssssss saw Benedict's performance in Hawaii Five-O and promptly cast him as the lead in that movie.

Several well-known horror enthusiasts publicly criticized the German ban on the movie, including author Stephen King ( who gave it a rave review in the November 1982 issue of Twilight Zone ).

While on location in Ireland for The Young Racers in 1963, Corman, ever alert for an opportunity to produce a decent movie on a shoestring budget, persuaded Coppola to make a low-budget horror movie with funds left over from that movie.

Through an acting career that spanned 57 years, Wray attained international renown as an actress in horror movie roles, leading to many considering her as the first " scream queen ".

* 1920 – The first German Expressionist film and early horror movie, Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, premièred in Berlin.

The following year, a whirlwind of rumors flew around Hollywood that Busey had been fired from horror movie Mansion of Blood from Elusive Entertainment.

Hollywood dramas used horror themes, including versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( 1923 ) and The Monster ( 1925 ) both starring Lon Chaney, the first American horror movie star.

Another popular Satanic horror movie was The Omen ( 1976 ), where a man realizes that his five-year-old adopted son is the Antichrist.

Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes ( 1977 ) and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ( 1974 ) recalled the Vietnam war ; George A. Romero satirized the consumer society in his zombie sequel, Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 ); Canadian director David Cronenberg featured the " mad scientist " movie sub-genre by exploring contemporary fears about technology and society, and reinventing " body horror ", starting with Shivers ( 1975 ).

Jaws is often credited as being one of the first films to use traditionally B movie elements such as horror and mild gore in a big-budget Hollywood film.

The 1980s saw a wave of gory " B movie " horror films – although most of them were panned by critics, many became cult classics and later saw success with critics.

The horror movie soon continued its search for new and effective frights.

The horror film style has changed over time, but in 1996 Scream set off a " chain of copycats ", leading to a new variety of teenage, horror movies .< ref name = Stack > This new approach to horror films began to gradually earn more and more income as seen in the progress of Scream movies ; the first movie earned six million and the third movie earned one-hundred and one million.