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A horror film is a movie made to frighten, disturb, or unsettle audiences through suspenseful storytelling, frightening imagery, or supernatural elements. Horror films matter because they allow people to explore fear in a safe environment and often reflect the anxieties and concerns of the time period in which they were made.
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Max Schreck as Count Orlok in the 1922 film Nosferatu. Critic and historian Kim Newman declared that it set the template for the horror film.
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs.