Horror Sub-Genres and Hybrid Genres

After researching the history of the horror genre I learned that these films have often tried to challenge or represent the social norms or the political views of society at that time. More recently, horror films have been challenging the traditional codes and conventions or horror. I also discovered that there are vast horror sub-genres and horror often combines with other genres to make a a hybrid genre.

Examples of sub-genres are:

• Action horror (e.g. From Dusk till Dawn)
• Comedy horror (e.g. Shaun of the Dead)
• Body horror (e.g. The Thing)
• Psychological horror (e.g. Insidious)
• Science fiction horror (e.g. Alien)
• Slasher horror (e.g. Scream)
• Splatter horror (e.g. Saw)
• Gothic horror (e.g. Crimson Peak)
• Natural horror (e.g. Jaws)
• Zombie horror (e.g. Dawn of the Dead)
• Vampire horror (e.g. Dracula)
• Torture-porn or 'Pornography' (e.g. Saw)
• Devil / Satanic (e.g. The Conjuring)
• Found footage (e.g. The Blair Witch Project)
• Religious or political cults (e.g. Children of the Corn)
• Apocalyptic (e.g. 28 Days Later)

Some examples of hybrid genres are:

• Sci-fi & horror (e.g. Predator)
• Romance & horror (e.g. Let Me In)
• Western & horror (e.g. Gallowwalker)
• Crime & horror (e.g. Identity)
• Fantasy & horror (e.g. The Sixth Sense)