Supernatural Scares VS Psychological Horror In Film

Jen North
Horror Hounds
Published in
9 min readOct 18, 2021

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Image from Pixabay: People have always feared the unknown and unpredictable

Horror is one of the most popular and often polarizing genres in storytelling. Beginning with tales of terror shared around a fireplace. By their very nature, horror stories are designed to evoke feelings of fear, dread, and repulsion in the reader. Horror aims to create an atmosphere of terror but also morbid fascination. The genre plays on our greatest fears and worst nightmares. The genre of horror…

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Jen North
Horror Hounds

Jen has a Bachelor of Social Work, a Bachelor of Arts, and ADHD. She writes about horror, film, history, mental health, and video games. Sometimes she is funny.