My favorite movie genres!!!
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Eldritch horror
A story that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible: forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion, fate and inevitability.
Body horror
A story which intentionally showcases grotesque or psychologically disturbing violations of the human body, specifically focusing on its limits and transformative capabilities.
Philosophical Drama
A story that explores complex ideas and moral dilemmas, such as existence, morality, and human nature, through the characters and their interactions.
Small town horror
A story set in a small town with a mysterious past, ruled by supernatural elements mixed with the coziness of an intimate setting.
Psychological thriller
A story that presents a "dissolving sense of reality", told through the viewpoint of psychologically stressed characters with distorted mental perceptions.
Magical realism
A story that blurries the lines between speculation and reality, with magical or supernatural phenomena presented in an otherwise real-world or mundane setting.
Surrealism
A story that challenges reality through shocking, irrational, or absurd imagery and dialogues, as to elicit a sense of oddity and confusion in the audience.
Coming-of-age
A story that focuses on the liminal space that exists between childhood and adulthood, complete with all of the hardships that make this growth beautiful.
Accidental travel
A story that features ordinary people who accidentally find themselves outside of their normal place or time, in real "fish-out-of-water" fashion.
Dark comedy
A story that finds something funny in surprising places. It may be called dark, but its role is to find the brighter side of difficult subjects and have a laugh about it.
Supernatural
A story that is heavily influenced by themes related to gods, ghosts, spirits, super powers, and other extraordinary phenomena that cannot be explained.
