Horror: the film genre where men don't have all the fun

In this article it is discussed how women can be sexualised in horror films as it says 'And while directors such as Dario Argento ('if they have a good face or figure I would much prefer to watch them being murdered than an ugly girl or man) and Brian De Palma have expressed a preference for menacing or killing beautiful women in their films, this doesn't mean their work is devoid of feisty heroines.' This shows how women can be sexualised as it is rare to see an ugly women or man in a horror movie being the victim. And as it says in the article people prefer to see the beautiful women die in a film as they can sexualise them which also fits with Laura Mulvey's male Gaze which is applied in nearly every horror film as there will typically be a dum blonde or the women will more frequently be the victim rather then the villain. Also a lot of the horror films typically make the younger actors and actresses become the possessed character as it catches your attention more and when children are involved it grips the audiences attention more due to children stereotypically starting of as an innocent child turning into some kind of monster that the adults can't even control. 

Horror movies seem to be extremely popular mainly because it has no specific gender demographic which is discussed in the article as horror films have elements that will make you scream, cry, laugh and smile which make it the perfect type of film to watch as a couple. It isn't a gender specific genre which is why it makes it so popular. Also near enough every horror movie has a pretty women for the men to fix their attention to and the women will often have a strong male that comes to the women's saviour that they can fantasise over.