The horror genre have themes of death and 'supernatural or mental illness'. Early horror films were based on gothic literature such as Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde however newer horror films often draw inspiration from modern culture and insecurities of life often related back to the second world war. Many horror films that have done well at the box office are not necessarily originally westernised stories; for example 'The Ring' was originally a japanese novel and then a japanese low budget film. Many horror films have been dismissed as 'violent', 'low budget', 'B movies' however the genre is expanding and some of the better horror films are extremely psychological and represent the horror genre in a positive way such as 'The others'.
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