Horrific Games
Films based around a game with deadly consequences.
Meta/Deconstruction Horror
Films that comment on or deconstruct the horror genre.
Eat the Rich
Films revolving around class warfare.
Cursed Media
Films where a cursed piece of media carries a curse.
You're Not From Around Here
Films where a character finds themselves unwelcome in a new community.
Waking Nightmare films
Films where someone must stay awake to avoid being terrorized in their nightmares.
What Is Death
Films that explore the nature or experience of the afterlife.
Cabin in the Woods
Films that take place in a secluded cabin.
Careful What You Wish For
Films where someone's wish turns into a nightmare.
Séance Gone Wrong
Films where a séance opens the door to something horrific.
Final Girl Horror
Films where a group enters a dangerous situation and a single main character, oftentimes a girl, survives.
Possessed Machines
Films where some sort of animated machine wreaks havoc.
Toxic Influencers
Films where someone terrorizes or is terrorized for clout.
Who's There?
Films where someone's not alone in their own home.
Monster of the Week
Procedural films that revolve around discovering or stopping a
Birthing the Antichrist
Films where a woman is used as a vessel to introduce the antichrist or some other demonic entity to the world.
Passing the Curse Along
Films where someone can only rid themselves of a curse by passing it along to someone else.
Playing God
Films where a character tries to control the laws of nature.
Zombie Romance films
Films where love endures or blossoms beyond the grave.
Summer Camp Horror
Films that take place at summer camp.
Artificial Intelligence Gone Awry
Films where artificial intelligence goes awry.
One of Us
Films where a character is lured into a cult or other community.
Isolation Madness
Films where a character is driven insane in an isolated environment.
What Lurks Beneath?
Films about unknowable underwater or underground monsters.
This House is Haunted
Films where a character or group of characters move into a home with existing tenants. (Who are dead.)
Cognitohazard
Films where perceiving or understanding something — a word, an image, an idea — is itself the threat.
Learning to Ghost
Films where a newly-dead character has to figure out the rules of being a ghost.
Groundhog Day films
Films where someone re-lives the same day or event over and over.
The Wages of Sin
Films where someone is punished after participating in activities like sex or drugs.
Cursed Garments
Films where someone is terrorized by some cursed garment.