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There is often an intention to evoke a set of emotions (fear, uneasiness, anxiety, despair, etc.) that the audience feels. The goal is to entertain, but in a thrilling and frightening way, rather than in a comedic or joyful manner. -Evan

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Horror films should evoke fear/shock/surprise/confusion in its audiences through visual and auditory means. Some horrors will rely on suspense (eg jumpscares or thrillers). Other horrors create fear or confusion based on what you do know. I think horrors are also especially effective when they comment on real life problems/scenarios. - mila

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Horror films engage with the darker side of life and evoke feelings of fear, disgust or discomfort. The viewer has moments where they are uneasy with what they are watching.

- Gavin

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Often instills a sense of dread (through suspense and/or other mechanisms), requires active commitment from the audience to be invested in the outcome (though this is expected from most films), and draws from all the emotion that stems from fear. Aesthetically, most common is the  dark and eery and bloody types, but brighter horror films exist and can be even more terrifying if done well. - Grace

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Horror is something that mostly invokes an emotional response of fear. It also usually shocks or frightens the audience. I also find that horror contains grotesque images/makeup.  - Megan

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Horror is something that mostly invokes an emotional response of fear. It also usually shocks or frightens the audience. I also find that horror contains grotesque images/makeup.  - Megan

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A horror film is about getting scared. The themes that are shown/discussed are often not just scary but also disturbing and can cause strong emotional reactions.

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horror films often emulate the feeling or suspense, stress and/or adrenaline for the audience. these feelings are exaggerated with music, darkness/dark lighting, sudden movements, camera positing, etc.

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Film that give the emotion of fear

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A horror film should be a film that is designed to create a sense of fear and anxiety from the watcher. It should induce a sense of danger vicariously.

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A horror film needs to inflict fear and have suspense. Defining qualities in horror is the use of spooky sounds and music to create an uncomfortable atmosphere for the audience to experience.

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A horror film is ominous: it sparks a deep, internal connection within the individual in relation to the film by appealing to the five senses. Sight, sound, feel.. Horror films use dark intense musical scores to create a dramatic and shocking effect on the individual. And, often creepy environments.

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I'd say that it's essentially a genre that attempts to and/or successfully scares or unsettles the audience. I think that attempt to inspire those emotions (which we humans seem to find weirdly compelling) is the heart of it.
-Corwin Davidson

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Something that makes the audience uncomfortable, from satire to commentary. Its less of the actual film itself and simply the reaction of the audience.
- Carly

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I feel like jump scares have to be a part of a horror film just to keep you on the edge of your seat and creat a suspenseful environment. I also believe horror films are better off being simple and something people can imagine themselves in because it makes it more realistic and scary.

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Horror as a genre is categorized by narratives and images that make the viewer uneasy, scared, or disgusted.

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Characters need to need to provoke psychological fear in their audience which creates a suspenseful atmosphere throughout the film
- Olivia

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uses things that create responses of fear, horror, or disgust from the audience

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A notable sense of discomfort or unease, typically brought on by psychological means and/or violence.

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Horror films are films that incorporate incidents of physical violence and psychological terror; they may be studies of deformed, disturbed, psychotic, or evil characters; There is not necessary a deeper meaning or message behind the film in my opinion.

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A horror film to me is a film that contains themes that are scary, suspenseful, violent, or make your heart race.

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Horror films are meant to question what we fear on an individual and collective scale. It highlights things that we do not confront directly as a society and subconsciously turn away from. Horror films defining qualities: sense of terror, discomfort, uncanny feeling, wariness, questioning some part of yourself
-Angela Li

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Uncertainty and unknown stuff defines horror in my opinion. We get scared because we don’t know what would happen most of the time.

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Horror films typically need to employ techniques such as grim lighting, moody music and upsetting storylines/character arcs.

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It invokes emotions such as fear, anxiety, and tension into the listener. Qualities tend to be very grim (aesthetics, set design, storyline, etc)

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Risk to human life, needs to have high stakes and relatable protagonists that have a lot to lose.

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Horror is a type of story telling where the emotional response intended for the audience is shock, fear, etc. usually the thing used to scare the audience has some sort of connection to a fear in society (ex. Horror movies about viruses)

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The use of suspense, applying visual tools, music, costume and dialogue for the ultimate creation of suspense in an audience.
- Sharn