The End of the World As We Know It: The Six Types of Apocalyptic Horror Movies
Wednesday November 11, 2009
Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later.
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While 2012 isn't a horror movie, the concept of a global apocalypse has been fodder for horror movies for decades. Here's a rundown of the six major types of doomsday events that you're liable to come across in horror movies. Consider yourself warned.
Comments
Hey great list, but you forgot about the war between man and machine that eventually wipes out the majority of human life.
@pssatt – Yeah, that’s a good one, but I haven’t really run across that scenario in horrror movies.