Horror films seek to elicit fear in its audiences for entertainment purposes. They evoke viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown and macabre.
Initially inspired by literature from authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley, horror has existed as a film genre for more than a century; and sometimes overlapping with the fantasy, supernatural fiction, and thriller genres.
Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, extraterrestrials, vampires, werewolves, demons, Satanism, evil clowns, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, giant monsters, zombies, cannibalism, psychopaths, natural, ecological or man-made disasters, cults and serial killers.
“Toho Champion Festival — Daigoro vs. Goliath / Panda! Go Panda! / Godzilla Den-Geki Daisakusen” (東宝チャンピオンまつり『怪獣大奮戦 ダイゴロウ対ゴリアス』『パンダ・コパンダ』『ゴジラ電撃大作戦』), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1972 First Release, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O209
“Toho Champion Festival — Daigoro vs. Goliath / Panda! Go Panda! / Godzilla Den-Geki Daisakusen” (東宝チャンピオンまつり『怪獣大奮戦 ダイゴロウ対ゴリアス』『パンダ・コパンダ』『ゴジラ電撃大作戦』), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1972 First Release, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O209
“Toho Champion Festival — Son of Godzilla × Rainbowman × Gatchaman” (東宝チャンピオンまつり『ゴジラの息子』『レインボーマン』『科学忍者隊ガッチャマン』), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1973, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) F72
“Toho Champion Festival — Son of Godzilla × Rainbowman × Gatchaman” (東宝チャンピオンまつり『ゴジラの息子』『レインボーマン』『科学忍者隊ガッチャマン』), Original Japanese Movie Poster 1973, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) F72
