Horror is the least expensive but also the most profitable film topic in the film capital of Hollywood.
However, only a few fears receive regular attention from cinema.
Witch
Witches are often described as strange people who live in damp, dark places to prepare potions.
The media also contributes to making the image of witches scary by turning them into villains in many classic horror movies.
Nowadays, the image of witches is much less gloomy and scary.
But it’s still not enough for us to forget the image of `ugly, wrinkled` old women like the red witch of `Game of Thrones`.
Haunted house
If we were in real life, we would love to go to haunted houses to challenge ourselves.
Not to mention, the number of real-life haunted houses is also an abundant source of material for Hollywood screenwriters.
Spooky forest
Just like Little Red Riding Hood’s mother always told her child: `Go straight, don’t hang out in the forest and get eaten by wolves!`
In horror movies, the forest is not only the residence of supernatural forces but also the `home` of serial killers.
Shark
The scariest thing is when you don’t know what’s happening, like a shark hiding under the water’s surface and in a place you can’t see.
Among animal horror movies, sharks are also the most overwhelming species.
In fact, the number of people killed by sharks each year can be counted on the fingers of one hand, less than the number of people killed by elephants (20 people/year).
Mirror
We look in the mirror every day but we also carry somewhere the fear of this inanimate object.
Except for Oculus, there aren’t many horror movies specifically about mirrors.
Doll
Dolls were once close friends in many people’s childhood.
Taking advantage of that fear, Hollywood also loves to put dolls in movies.
Clown
Many stories in history have proven that clowns were just `idiots` who entertained the public and the emperors.
The reason why the psychological phenomenon of fear of clowns (coulrophobia) is so widespread is because the image of the killer clown Pennywise was created so successfully by author Stephen King in It.
Zombie
Images of zombies have always created a haunting yet fascinating appeal to viewers over the years.
The beginning of the `zombie` trend in film was the classic film, known as the father of all zombie genres, The Night of The Living Dead.
Social networks and information technology
Besides traditional fears, Hollywood filmmakers have been very `aware` of exploiting fear in modern times.
Starting with Samatha spreading death through watching VHS tapes, now just one accidental click is enough to make us… lose our lives.
Unfriended, We live in Public, Disconnect…brings to a world where humans are increasingly obsessed with the media networks Facebook and Twitter at the cost of their own lives.
Dark
All scary, horrible and deadly things happen in the dark, don’t they?
So when darkness falls, without lights or fires nearby, our psychology will immediately create scary illusions.
Human psychology
There is nothing scarier than our psychology.
After boringly `exploiting` the topics of demons and ghosts…Hollywood has also begun to pay more attention to psychological horror – where fear is created from the human spirit.
Death
Isn’t the final destination in horror movies always death?
Unfortunately, this once-popular genre of horror films has almost disappeared from the screen in recent years.
Will Leatherface bring the serial killer back to the throne of `King of Horror` in 2017?
