Social Groups That Are Represented In Movies

 Horror is one of those movie genres that seem to be perennially popular. It’s not hard to see why. The genre is built on the thrill and excitement of terror, of encouraging the viewer to feel as if their body is as vulnerable to destruction as that of the characters. And, of course, there is also the thrill of seeing other people find themselves in terrifying situations, even as the viewer (supposedly) knows more than the characters.

It also helps that horror, like many other genres, has several stereotypical characters that it typically includes, with only minor variations.

It takes a special cast of people to bring a classic horror movie to life, whether it's the maniac in the mask or the final girl that escapes his fiendish clutches. Some of these roles have become blatant stereotypes, but others have become timeless tropes that practically all movies in the genre need to function. But when the genre evolves from the standard slasher, jock, nerd, and dumb-blonde characters, sometimes a little extra casting is required to make the story more interesting and to make the body count rise.