Horror Is Here to Stay

By Jillian Jenée

 

The horror genre has been around forever, and from the looks of things, it isn’t ready to go anywhere just yet. 

This year has seen the second remake of Carrie as well as Insidious: Chapter 2, You're Next, The Conjuring, V/H/S/2, Evil Dead, The Last Exorcism Part II, Mama, and more.

           

Television shows like The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, and The Hollow grace our TV screens every week, picking up higher ratings than other shows outside the horror genre.

 

One could argue that horror causes a stronger visceral reaction than other genres. It sends chills down our spines and makes our neck hair stand tall. It also produces a win-win scenario, feeding our curiosity for danger without putting us in it. There's something universally appealing about being scared from the comfort of our chairs in a theater with friends. Perhaps in this age of so much simulated reality (Facebook being the major example), that idea of wanting to experience something without real physical harm makes horror even more popular now.

        

As long as fans continue to thirst for blood hungry vampires, vicious werewolves and psycho murderers that never seem to die, you can expect for the horror genre to be around for a long, long time.