The first type is perhaps the most common in cinemas and are thought of as the true horror movies. These films often use supernatural monsters such as vampires, werewolves, demons, ghosts and zombies as themes of horror and content to scare viewers. These are creatures of legend and come from thousands of years of human psychic response to the mysteries of the earth.
The scientific horror film is the type where we find the mad scientist creating something outside of nature; something that will be lost from human control and run amok before being overpowered by human might and the world is restored to peace and harmony. The monsters featured here are often new creations, things we've never imagined, never seen before.
The third sub-genre are naturalist horror movies, those that do not have supernatural creatures or phenomena, just unexpected elements and situations which induce fear; movies which could theoretically come true in each of our lives but in extremely undesirable and unfortunate conditions and situations.
When researching into each of these, it was the third, naturalistic horror film that appealed towards us and seemed the most realistic. Whereas, supernatural horror meant using a monster, something we would not be able to gain access to or even have the expertise to replicate one using special effects. Scientific horror was slightly better in that as a topic it was something that had not been overdone and films like 28 Days Later and Dawn Of The Dead were both interesting and successful.
However, a naturalistic horror was what we intended to make, as it didn't require a budget, difficult props or even any more resources that we didn't already have. The storylines rely on day to day elements of life blended with unfortunate or rare situations. Referred to on one website as 'stories that are not far from what is reported on news channels', where normal people are either in the mix of something at the wrong place or wrong time.
