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A '''horror movie''' is a [[movie]] made to scare the viewer. The main stories of horror movies often involve [[supernatural]] forces or characters of [[evil]] origin. Horror movies are often confused with [[Thriller movie|thrillers]], which are similar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment-news/movies/best-bollywood-horror-movies-give-real-chills|title=Best Bollywood Horror Movies To Give You The Real Chills - BookMyShow|date=2017-10-26|newspaper=Entertainment News|access-date=2017-12-04|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Popular horror movie characters usually include [[monster]]s. Early horror movies often took ideas from classic [[literature]], such as ''[[The Mummy (1932 movie)|The Mummy]]'', ''[[Dracula]]'' and ''[[The Wolf Man (1941 movie)|The Wolf Man]]''.
 
==[[w:c:Wikipedia:Horror film|1896-1919]]==
[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1890s|List of horror films of the 1890s]].<br> [[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1900s|List of horror films of the 1990s]].<br> [[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1910s|List of horror films of the 1910s]].
==[[w:c:Wikipedia:Horror film|1920-1959]]==
[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1920s|List of horror films of the 1920s]].<br> [[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1930s|List of horror films of the 1930s]].<br>[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1940s|List of horror films of the 1940s]].<br>[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1950s|List of horror films of the 1950s]].
==[[w:c:Wikipedia:Horror film|1960-1969]]==
[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1960s|List of horror films of the 1960s]].
 
==[[w:c:Wikipedia:Horror film|1970-present]]==
[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1970s|List of horror films of the 1970s]].<br>[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1980s|List of horror films of the 1980s]].<br>[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 1990s|List of horror films of the 1990s]].<br>[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 2000s|List of horror films of the 2000s]].<br>[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 2010s|List of horror films of the 2010s]].<br>[[w:c:Wikipedia:List of horror films of the 2020s|List of horror films of the 2020s]].
==Slasher movies==
[[Slasher movie]]s are a sub[[genre]] of horror movies. They are often also a type of [[thriller movie]]. Slasher movies normally have a [[psychopath]]ic killer killing a sequence of people. This is usually in a very [[violence|violent]] way. The genre may have been inspired by ''[[Giallo|giallo]]'', a similar movie genre originating in [[Italy]].
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