Christian Metz in his book 'Language and Cinema' (1974) explored the develpment of gerne in film and suggested that genre passes through four phases of exsistence.
1. Experimental- By experimental we mean the phase of early which explored and experimented with horror themes in its narratives. They helped formalize the narrative conventions of the horror film in its earliest phase.
2. Classic- By classic we mean the phase of films which establish the narrative conventions of the horror genre in its most successful and defining period.
3. Parody - By parody we mean films that have mimicked the genre in some comical way.
4. Deconstruction- By deconstruction we mean films which have taken generic elements of a horror genre amalgamated/ merged them into varifying subgenres.
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