ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the terms such as: psychological, slasher, monster, id, ego, super-ego, excess, deconstructed, final girl, vampire, zombie, ghost, duppy, witch, werewolf, devil Horror films that have been a favorite genre of audiences since the silent film era. The horror genre contains various categories such as psychological horror, slasher horror, sci-fi horror, thriller horror and monster horror. The script of the slasher horror film Halloween sets up the mental space of excess anxiety, vulnerability and violence on the first page: the sister makes love to her boyfriend in her bedroom while someone is watching. Scream uses the deconstruction-of-the-genre technique to bring freshness to the slasher horror film. Psychological horror films explore the normal life of the everyman; he or she is surreptitiously invaded or threatened by an evil force. The screenwriter, in creating the mental space of the horror genre for the audience, may employ schematic knowledge choices by setting up the genre in the opening moments.
