![]() ![]() Start with having Vincent Price in it, hopefully no arguments there. If one looks at things this way, "House on Haunted Hill" can be seen as the quintessential horror film. The terror, suspense, is believing someone or something is or may be there, but where, and when, will it strike? "The Shining," "Die! Die! My Darling," "Beyond the Door," Behind Locked Doors," "The Haunting." Although claustrophobia might generally be a negative for me in a movie, such as "Rear Window" (unlike most people, I do not really like it), in horror movies it is great, it makes the day. Bearing this in mind, I think something special about horror films is having the victim(s) enclosed inside a mansion or home, with escape difficult or impossible, and terrorized by anything one can imagine - moving furniture, metamorphosing paintings, spooks in the attic, odd remnants, lights on and off - as part of the buildup for a real or expected attack, by a person or whatever. But one way horror movies can be categorized is by whether most or all of the film is within a residence, or not. Of course, there can be mixed settings: a film about Dracula may take you to the Transylvanian outdoors, to streets or graveyards, as well as into the castle or mansion or whatever. I have watched my share of horror movies, altho I am not an expert on the genre, and I have seen different settings.
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