Blog Post #5 - Genre Hybridity

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 My final short film will be a horror/thriller/drama. Having three genres mixed together can be difficult. This type of method in media is referred to as Genre Hybridity. Genre Hybridity is the act of combining multiple elements seen in different genres within one text. This is a very common tactic within film. Typical ones seen are Rom-coms (romance, comedy), and sci-fi's (science and fiction). Since my film is a horror/thriller/drama I researched some films with this same genre hybridity usage.

The Crow (2024)


The Crow is a movie with many genres, consisted of horror/thriller and drama. The movie shows horror with the darkness, gore, and criminal activities. Thriller is represented with the suspense and attention grabbing action. Lastly, drama is incorporated by having a lost romance. Within this movie, "the crow" is trying to save his lover by killing everyone in his way. He ends up killing himself just to save her. The intensity of this movie won't be mentioned in my film; however, the drama, darkness, and suspense will be.
Don't Worry Darling (2022)

Don't worry darling is less dark than The Crow. It also falls into the horror/thriller/drama genres amongst many others. This movie includes death, explicit and disturbing imagery, and a frightening atmosphere. All those elements make this movie a horror. For the thriller side, it builds suspense through mystery as well as unexpected twists. Making the movie into a psychological thriller. They added the drama in here when they created a strained relationship on the main couple. As well as the other families, the women began to catch onto the men's secret. The relationship problems makes it into a drama. Exactly what I want to add into mine; a horror/thriller of a girl, however, she isn't in it alone as she has a significant other. The relationship drama will be included in my film.

Bones and All (2022)


Bones and all contains all of my same genre conventions. It is about a cannibalistic couple who endures their hunger together and tries to fight urges. They meet when both hunting for people, as they can smell the cannibalism on each other. My film will not contain a similar theme; however, the way they show the drama of the relationship, the horror, suspense,  and overall a thriller narrative. The idea of them fighting against an issue not typically seen in society, together, is what relates to my film.




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