Horror films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears. They captivate and entertain us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films effectively centre on the dark side of life, the forbidden and strange and alarming events. They deal with our most primal nature and it's fears: our nightmares, our terror of the unknown, our fear of death, loss of identity.