A horror film is a movie that seeks to elicit a physiological reaction, such as an elevated heartbeat, through the use of fear and shocking one’s audiences. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley, the horror genre has existed for more than a century. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction and thriller genres. 

Horror films often deal with viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, demons, satanism, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, psychopaths, natural or man-made disasters, and serial killers. 

Some subgenres of horror include action horror, comedy horror, body horror, disaster horror, holiday horror, horror drama, psychological horror, science fiction horror, slasher horror, supernatural horror, gothic horror, natural horror, zombie horror, first-person horror and teen horror. 

The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by the film pioneer Georges Méliès in the late 1890s, the best known being "Le Manoir du Diable", which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film. Another of his horror projects was "La Caverne maudite" (1898) (a.k.a. "The Cave of the Demons", literally "the accursed cave"). Japan made early forays into the horror genre with "Bake Jizo" ("Jizo the Spook") and "Shinin no Sosei" ("Resurrection of a Corpse"), both made in 1898. The era featured a slew of literary adaptations, adapting the works of Poe and Dante, among others. In 1908, Selig Polyscope Company produced "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. The horror genre has existed for how much time?
2. What is the amount of time for which the horror genre has existed?
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Q2:
1. Does the horror genre overlap with any other genres?
2. Are there any other types of movie genres that overlap with the horror movie genre?
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Q3:
1. What type of movie genres overlap with the horror movie genre?
2. Horror movies overlap with what other type of movie genres?
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Q4:
1. What is the name of the person that depictions of supernatural events.
2. The depiction of supernatural events was first pioneered by which person?
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Q5:
1. What is the name of the film that is deemed to be the first horror film?
2. What was the first horror film called?
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Q6:
1. In what year did "Le Manoir du diable" come out?
2. "Le Manoir du diable" came out in what year?
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Q7:
1. What is the year when Japan started to produce horror movies.
2. Horror movies were produced by Japan for the first time in what year?
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Q8:
1. Which people are known to have inspired the production of horror films?
2. Which people's literature has been commonly adapted into horror films?
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Q9:
1. Are horror films known for regularly displaying viewers' nightmares?
2. Are viewers' nightmares often a part of horror films?
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Q10:
1. What kinds of elements are included in horror films on top of aliens, vampires and werewolves?
2. On top of aliens, vampires and werewolves, what kinds of elements are prevalent in horror films?
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Q11:
1. Was the first horror film known to have any words?
2. Were there any words present in the first horror film?
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Q12:
1. How do horror movies attempt to create psychological reaction such as an elevated heartbeat from audiences?
2. Psychological reactions such as an elevated heartbeat are created in horror films through to which method?
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