This screenshot shows the highest rated horror films with 1000 votes on IMDB. As is shown in the screenshot, Psycho is currently at the top of the list with a rating of 8.6/10 with Alien coming second with 8.5/10. Neither of these films are of the slasher sub genre so this helps to show that the generic slasher is not as high received as you would think. Also, Psycho lands in the psychological horror sub-genre which is somehow related to paranormal and the fact both this and Alien came out before 1980 shows that these ideas were new and fresh at the time and the reason recent horrors do not get as much as high a score is because they're "rehashing" the same ideas that were perfected maybe 30 years before.
However, third place here is The Blue Elephant with a release date of 2014, only last year. But under the title and description are a list of sub-genres the film lands in and Drama is the first one, something that could be considered unrelated to horror so it's safe to say the film isn't really true horror.
Overall, the fact a film from the paranormal/psychological sub genre is highest rated on IMDB in terms of horror tells us that paranormal would be a good choice for our film and trailer. NW
However, third place here is The Blue Elephant with a release date of 2014, only last year. But under the title and description are a list of sub-genres the film lands in and Drama is the first one, something that could be considered unrelated to horror so it's safe to say the film isn't really true horror.
Overall, the fact a film from the paranormal/psychological sub genre is highest rated on IMDB in terms of horror tells us that paranormal would be a good choice for our film and trailer. NW