Typical Genre Audiences

Depending on the film depends on the types of audience that watch it. The film Cabin in the woods (2012) (the one closest to my idea) has a primary young female audience, whereas there is a secondary young male audience in the same age group, due to the difference in figures being a few per cent. Looking at the reviews of the film, interestingly, the females who left reviews, left positive and recommended the film, whereas most of the males left negative feedback. This shows and supports the primary audience.

One of the more famous horror films, Jaws (1975) has a primary audience of 40-54 year old males that have right wing political views. They are typically in the ABC1 social category and generally earn more income. This shows that different horror films have different audiences therefore appealing to different groups of people. Due to it being an older film, can suggest that the audience is much older.

Another horror film, the Poltergeist (1982), generally has a primary audience of 40-54 year old females. They typically have left wing political views, and have a C2DE social category. This then portrays the type of film it is.

The Conjuring (2013), typically has a young female audience. They typically have right wing views and have a C2DE social grade. This connotes the types of people that like to watch these sorts of horror films.

Overall most of the recent horror films are targeted and watched by younger female audiences. But the older films are watched by older male audiences. Although these two categories of people are entirely different, this shows how horror films have changed over the years and how they have changed their target audience. Some of these older films tend to be more famous horror films. This connotes that older males like to watch these older types of film, where as the younger females like to watch these new releases.