Imagine yourself in a dark gloomy castle and out of nowhere Frankenstein comes running after you. Your heart starts beating fast and for an instant your life flashes before your eyes. When you attempt run away you trip and the unbelievable happens. In these few sentences you may have felt a sense of fear and anxiety. This fear and anxiety can cause entertaining moments, that attaches people to start reading or watching the horror genre. The horror genre manipulates tension, supernatural characters and isolated settings to make the genre thrilling and suspenseful. The horror genre acts on dark, isolated settings to create a spooky mood. According to, ‘What is the Horror Genre’ by Sharon Russell it says that “We are not surprised to find old houses, abandoned castles, damp cellars, or dark forests as important elements in the horror story.” This supports the idea, because it shows how isolated setting is an important element in the horror genre. Well you may think that if you have a horrific setting it will be predictable and not thrilling. You may use “We are not surprised to find old houses, abandoned castles, damp cellars, or dark forests as important elements in the horror story.” To contradict my evidence, because it says we are not surprised to find a horrific setting, however it is that unsurprising feeling that makes us anticipate the horror and in cause intensifying the suspense. In ‘What is the Horror Genre’ it says, “Our advance knowledge create suspense, because we can anticipate what is going to happen.” This citing demonstrates that what we know about the horror genre gives us that sense of fear and suspense. This suspense and fear is created by the scary setting that creates and exciting atmosphere. The monsters or also known as super natural characters plays in the horror genre as a intensifying element in the genre. According to Jackie Torrence writer of ‘Scary Tales’ it says, “You know what’